PHP regex help

[leegold2]

I'm new to PHP regex. What I am trying to match is:

http://library.dayton.town.net

it's a mysql/php field.

Then if a match I take some action.

But it's not working any help appreciated. Thanks
while ( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $result ) ) {...
.....
foreach($row as $data) {
if ( preg_match ( "/http://library\.dayton\.town\.net/", $data ) )
$data= 'You got a match';

.....

[Garp]

"leegold2" <le******@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I'm new to PHP regex. What I am trying to match is:

http://library.dayton.town.net

it's a mysql/php field.

Then if a match I take some action.

But it's not working any help appreciated. Thanks
while ( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $result ) ) {...
....
foreach($row as $data) {
if ( preg_match ( "/http://library\.dayton\.town\.net/", $data ) )
$data= 'You got a match';

....

Without looking too closely or trying it, the // after http: are likely
being translated as pattern terminators. Escape them ("leaning toothpick"
syndrome ahoy), or change the terminators from / to something else like ?.
Escape anything that isn't alphanumeric for safety, too (the : character).
$pattern="?http\://library\.dayton\.town\.net?";
or
$pattern="/http\:\/\/library\.dayton\.town\.net/";
Then
if ( preg_match ( $pattern, $data ) )
Etc.

Of course, in this case you could always use
if($data == "http://library.dayton.town.net")
........

lol

Garp

[steve]

Garp wrote:

"leegold2" <le******@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I’m new to PHP regex. What I am trying to match is:

http://library.dayton.town.net

it’s a mysql/php field.

Then if a match I take some action.

But it’s not working any help appreciated. Thanks
while ( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $result ) ) {...
....
foreach($row as $data) {
if ( preg_match ( "/http://library\.dayton\.town\.net/", $data ) )
$data= ’You got a match’;

....
Without looking too closely or trying it, the // after http: are likely
being translated as pattern terminators. Escape them ("leaning

toothpick" syndrome ahoy), or change the terminators from / to something else like ?. Escape anything that isn’t alphanumeric for safety, too (the : character). $pattern="?http\://library\.dayton\.town\.net?";
or
$pattern="/http\:\/\/library\.dayton\.town\.net/";
Then
if ( preg_match ( $pattern, $data ) )
Etc.

Of course, in this case you could always use
if($data == "http://library.dayton.town.net")
........

lol

Garp

or so a simple substring match:

if (strstr($data, "http://library.dayton.town.net")) { ....

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php

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[Garp]

"steve" <Us************@dbForumz.com> wrote in message
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Garp wrote:

> "leegold2" <le******@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:wz******************@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...

> > I'm new to PHP regex. What I am trying to match is:
> >
> > http://library.dayton.town.net
> >
> > it's a mysql/php field.
> >
> > Then if a match I take some action.
> >
> > But it's not working any help appreciated. Thanks
> >
> >
> > while ( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $result ) ) {...
> > ....
> > foreach($row as $data) {
> > if ( preg_match ( "/http://library\.dayton\.town\.net/", $data ) ) > > $data= 'You got a match';
> >
> > ....

>
> Without looking too closely or trying it, the // after http: are likely
> being translated as pattern terminators. Escape them ("leaning

toothpick"

> syndrome ahoy), or change the terminators from / to something else

like ?.

> Escape anything that isn't alphanumeric for safety, too (the :

character).

> $pattern="?http\://library\.dayton\.town\.net?";
> or
> $pattern="/http\:\/\/library\.dayton\.town\.net/";
> Then
> if ( preg_match ( $pattern, $data ) )
> Etc.
>
> Of course, in this case you could always use
> if($data == "http://library.dayton.town.net")
> ........
>
> lol
>
> Garp

or so a simple substring match:

if (strstr($data, "http://library.dayton.town.net")) { ....

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php

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This is turning into a JAPH thread. 8D (I tried my techniques for the OP
today, they're both good).

Garp

[bonehead]

leegold2 wrote:

I'm new to PHP regex. What I am trying to match is:

http://library.dayton.town.net

Dude,

This isn't exactly your script, but paste this into a new .php file,
upload it to your server, run it in a browser, and tell me if it echos
"You got a match":

/*BEGIN SCRIPT*/
<?

$data = htmlspecialchars("http://library.dayton.town.net");
if ( preg_match ( '[http://library\.dayton\.town\.net]', $data ) ) {
echo "You got a match";
} else {
echo "You did not get a match";
}
?>
/*END SCRIPT*/

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'bonehead

[leegold2]

Thanks for all the help - I paid extra special
attention to escaping the special chars and
got it too work.