preg match question

preg match php

[frogz]

if (preg_match("/\google\b/i", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
print "yahooo";
} else {
print "hello";
}

cannot match anything within the query url?

so [domain.com...]

will return yahooo

why doesnt this work?

[wildbest]

the url is present and changes accordingly :)

What is changing? This URL should be [domain.com...] and should not change?!

[frogz]

does it matter this is a static url? although the dynamic url has "google" in it as well

[frogz]

lol yes its actually a query using a template. I am modifying the header, the "google.html" is one of the URLs in the script.

[frogz]

so when I am using the template when the word "google" comes across the url, I would like it to then print something extra

[frogz]

please also forgive me, I am totally using "google" hypothetically here, the *real* word in the query is "post" that I want flagged, so the url looks like index.php?post=44, then I made them static to post-44.html, I was using "google" as a reference, my apologies for not being clearer

[frogz]

(and yes i did change "google" to "post")

[wildbest]

So... Obviously a lot of mod_rewrite rewrites for friendly URLs :)

<?php
if (stripos ('google', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) === true) {
echo "yahooo";
} elseif (stripos ('google', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) === true) {
echo "google";
} else {
echo "hello microsoft";
}
?>

[frogz]

yes indeed! my htaccess scrollbar is very small!

thnx I will try the above recommendation!

=)

[frogz]

I'm sorry, I dont know why this is being so difficult, it still just prints the "else" argument.. regardless

"google" just slips by..

and "hello microsoft" remains through every URL

[frogz]

<?php
if (stripos ('post', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) === true) {
echo "I wish I could see this";
} elseif (stripos ('post', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) === true) {
echo "I wish I could see this";
} else {
echo "hello from Microsoft";
}
?>

[frogz]

I am using "post" as the word instead of "google" in the above case.
It looks like your code is pretty solid, and you are sure there is no error, perhaps I will play around with it, I see why it wont recognize the "post" though when it does in fact echo the query variable correctly.

thanks!

[frogz]

i *dont* see why*

[wildbest]

Must be something in the .htaccess rewrite rules or PHP header/script modifications.

yes its actually a query using a template. I am modifying the header, the "google.html" is one of the URLs in the script.

I'm still not sure what does that mean, but my understanding is that "google" should be present in the browser request not your internal server redirect/rewrite URL you setup in a script!

[wildbest]

Do you request that url by GET or POST method?

[frogz]

ok, i am using a template for the forum, it uses the same header information for each page. There is a "topic-id=" and there is a "post-id=" page within the forum script.

so if I use

<?php
if (stripos ('post', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) === true) {
echo "I wish I could see this";
} elseif (stripos ('post', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) === true) {
echo "I wish I could see this";
} else {
echo "hello from Microsoft";
}
?>

when the "post-id=" (which is now static "post-")page is requested, I would like it to print slightly different header info.

[frogz]

again, my apologies for the confusion, I am simply using "post-id-.html" instead of "google.htm"

i was using "google" just as a reference at first.

[frogz]

#request# GET [#*$!#*$!.com...]
GET /forums/post-44.html
#request# GET [#*$!#*$!.com...]
#request# GET [#*$!x.com...]

here is live header output

[frogz]

just intrigues me how it will echo the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI' correctly, but not comply with the argument

[eelixduppy]

You guys have the wrong understanding of what stripos is returning when it finds the string. It should be changed to this:

if (stripos ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'post') [b]!== FALSE[/b]) { 

update your code with that and try it.

[edited by: eelixduppy at 3:25 pm (utc) on Jan. 10, 2009]

[frogz]

maybe the random number such as: post-id-4444.htm
perhaps the numbers are throwing it off ?

[frogz]

eelix! the red ink pen comes out!

wildbest has been a saint! very helpful! (thank you wildbest)

now unfortunately.. it still didnt work :(

<?php
if (stripos ('post', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) !== FALSE) {
echo "wanna see this";
} else {
echo "hello from microsoft";
}
?>
is my code,

thnx! regards, frogz

[frogz]

perhaps it has something to do with the template system, although it can clearly read the request variable, and "post" is definitely in the request.. I dunno, I use: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] quite frequently actually.

[frogz]

I am about to fall out from exhaustion!
I will pick this back up, when I return!
wildbest thank you! cheers!
eelix thank you for your time as well, cheers!
will be back to check this thread later.

thanks again
frogz

[eelixduppy]

('post', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])

You have to switch these...

($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'post')

[frogz]

ok! will try that before i go =)

[frogz]

that did it! YESSS!

again, this site rocks, the people here are awesome!

thank you! eelix!

and thanks again wildbest!

:D

[wildbest]

You have to switch these...

LOL... Yes sure. Thanks, eelixduppy!

I'm still interested though why original preg_match I've suggested didn't work?

[eelixduppy]

>> I'm still interested though why original preg_match I've suggested didn't work?

The one you suggested would work. We can't be sure how frogz changed the pattern for his own needs, switching it from 'google' to something else. Especially if he left an unescaped character in there it would have changed he pattern completely.

Glad everything is sorted now, though. :)

[frogz]

it is definitely within my experience there are several ways to accomplish something using php. I suspected wildbest was right on & accurate in his response. I cant be too sure why his original suggestion didnt work, perhaps underlying preexisting code, or like eelix mentioned, an escaped character. It is difficult and frustrating to help people sometimes when you cant actually see all of their code, or what exactly it is they are doing.

Again, thank you for your persistence in this matter wildbest, This provided me a solution to a problem I have been working with for a while now.

regards, frogz