Re: Checking for a string.

Thanks, figured that out shortly after I posted. Ed On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, John Nichel wrote: > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php > > Wrong syntax, and more code than needed. Your code would always resolve > true (if ($matches[0] = "http")). Doing that sets the value of > $matches[0] to "http". Equality is ==. RTFM. > > If all you want to know is if the URL contains a "http", then... > > if ( preg_match ( "/http/i", $path ) ) { > $action = "this action"; > } else { > $action = "that action"; > } > > If you want to know if the URL starts with a "http", then... > > if ( preg_match ( "/^http/i", $path ) ) { > $action = "this action"; > } else { > $action = "that action"; > } > > ed@home.homes2see.com wrote: > > Seems to work but I'm getting a Warning Message: > > > > Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash > > > > Here's the code: > > > > $path = "http://somehost.somedomain.com"; > > > > preg_match ("http", $path, $matches); > > > > if ($matches[0] = "http") { > > $action = "this action"; > > } > > else { > > $action = "that action"; > > } > > > > Thanks much, > > > > Ed > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, John Nichel wrote: > > > > > >>preg_match() > >> > >>ed@home.homes2see.com wrote: > >> > >>>I'm currently writting a redirect script for my site which will transfer > >>>someone to either a external link or a directory on my server. In order to > >>>do this I need to use a directive that either contains the directory path > >>>or a URL. How do I check the contents of a string to see if it contains > >>>"http"? > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Ed > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >