[RESOLVED] strip q= from http_referer

[Dillenger]

Hello,

I am trying to strip just the keyword from a URL from the referring page

What I need is the word after q=

Here is the URL http://localhost:8888/search.php?q=beans&t=rp&x=32&y=9

I can get it using this:

$query_part=strstr($_SERVER['http_referer'], "q=");

But then, it leaves everything else too, like the &t=rp&x=32&y=9 part

Any ideas?

[HalfaBee]

probably an untested preg_match

preg_match( "#?q=(^&)&#" , $_SERVER['http_referer'] , $matches );

[NogDog]

An approach using built-in functions:

$urlParts = parse_url($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
parse_str($urlParts['query'], $queryParts);
$q = (empty($queryParts['q'])) ? '' : $queryParts['q'];