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sjthomas

Feb 7 2005, 12:39 PM

I'm trying to find out the last section of the current url of a page and then run an if statement on it. I want to find out if the url contains the admin folder. So basically I want it to look like this:

PHP

<?
$location = $PHP_SELF;
$url = explode(".com/", $location, 2);
$url[1] = $endURL;
if ($endURL != 'admin/*') {
// do whatever
} else {
// do whatever else!
}
?>

Its the wildacrd bit I can't figure out. I've put admin/* in there just as a reference for myself, I know it can't be done that way but does anyone know how it can be done?

Cheers.

Willy Duitt

Feb 7 2005, 02:39 PM

QUOTE(sjthomas @ Feb 7 2005, 07:39 AM)

PHP

<?
$location = $PHP_SELF;
$url = explode(\".com/\", $location, 2);
$url[1] = $endURL;
if ($endURL != 'admin/*') {
// do whatever
} else {
// do whatever else!
}
?>

Its the wildacrd bit I can't figure out. I've put admin/* in there just as a reference for myself, I know it can't be done that way but does anyone know how it can be done?

Cheers.
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I would think something like this should work:

PHP

if (preg_match("/admin\//", $location))

.....willy

sjthomas

Feb 7 2005, 03:00 PM

Cheers Willy that works a treat. I really should learn regexp at some point....

Willy Duitt

Feb 7 2005, 03:06 PM

QUOTE(sjthomas @ Feb 7 2005, 10:00 AM)

Cheers Willy that works a treat. I really should learn regexp at some point....
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You might want to use the case insensitive flag if there is any possibility that the admin folder name may be either upper or lower case...

if (preg_match("/admin\//,i", $location))

.....Willy

Waleed

Feb 7 2005, 03:40 PM

is there anything you don't know, Willy?

Willy Duitt

Feb 7 2005, 06:01 PM

QUOTE(Waleed Zuberi @ Feb 7 2005, 10:40 AM)

is there anything you don't know, Willy?
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I don't know how to stay out of trouble...

I have:

Had my pilots license suspended for flying under a suspension bridge...
Was pulled over while naked with an open bottle of Jack Daniels, marijuana, loaded weapons, and a naked woman whom started crying...
Blown up more things than I can count, some intentionally, some not...
Dove head first off a 150 foot cliff and knocked myself out, nearly drowning...
Made a bazooka out of PVC pipe and shot a model class aaa rocket out of it which went over a mile (surprised the hell outta me) and landed in a residential area which brought the ATF out investigating...

Should I go on... Actually, I'm one dumb sum-a-biatch....
There was a time when I was young that parents would not let thier children play with me... I thought I outgrew that but now, wives won't let their husbands play with me!!

.....Willy

sjthomas

Feb 7 2005, 08:14 PM

QUOTE(Willy Duitt @ Feb 7 2005, 06:01 PM)

There was a time when I was young that parents would not let thier children play with me... I thought I outgrew that but now, wives won't let their husbands play with me!!

.....Willy
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I guess the only problem there is husbands letting their wives play with you!

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