Case Sensitive, Case Sensitivity, $_GET

[Jim Carlock]

IF, inside the address-bar, the link appears as:
index.php?CITY=Raleigh+NC
or
index.php?City=Raleigh+NC

$_GET['city'] displays behaves like a stubborn mule and refuses
to get the get and returns empty ("").

Is there a way to turn off the case sensitivity ?

Thanks.

Jim Carlock
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[juglesh]

Jim Carlock wrote:

IF, inside the address-bar, the link appears as:
index.php?CITY=Raleigh+NC
or
index.php?City=Raleigh+NC

$_GET['city'] displays behaves like a stubborn mule and refuses
to get the get and returns empty ("").

Is there a way to turn off the case sensitivity ?

foreach($_GET as $k => $v){
if (strtolower($k) == 'city'){
$myGetCity = $v;}
}

--
j

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Jim Carlock wrote:

$_GET['city'] displays behaves like a stubborn mule and refuses
to get the get and returns empty ("").

Is there a way to turn off the case sensitivity ?

As an alternative to juglesh's suggestion, you could also change the case of
all keys of the $_GET array to lowercase using the array_change_key_case()
function:

$lc = array_change_key_case($_GET);
$city = $lc['city'];

Especially useful if there are more values to grab from the $_GET array.
JW

[Jim Carlock]

Jim Carlock asked:

$_GET['city'] displays behaves like a stubborn mule and refuses
to get the get and returns empty ("").

Is there a way to turn off the case sensitivity ?
"Janwillem Borleffs" <[e-mail]> suggested: As an alternative to juglesh's suggestion, you could also change
the case of all keys of the $_GET array to lowercase using the
array_change_key_case() function:

$lc = array_change_key_case($_GET);
$city = $lc['city'];

Especially useful if there are more values to grab from the
$_GET array.

Thanks, once again, Janwillem.

Going along and employing $lc, if I want to check and see if
anything exists inside the $lc array, what's the best way to do
this? Is there something that returns a TRUE or FALSE and
tells me $_GET holds stuff?

if (count($lc) != 0) {
// nothing set so show the full list
$ShowAllMenus = TRUE;
} else {
// something is set so start grabbing!
$LookAtGet = TRUE;
}

- OR -

if (isset($lc)) {
// something is set so start grabbing!
$LookAtGet = TRUE;
} else {
// nothing set so show the full list
$ShowAllMenus = TRUE;
}

- OR -

if ($lc == NULL) {
// nothing set so show the full list
$ShowAllMenus = TRUE;
} else {
// something is set so start grabbing!
$LookAtGet = TRUE;
}

Thanks, much.

Jim Carlock
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