An if statement based on what the url contains 1

[gameon]

Hi, usually I use ColdFusion, but at the mo it has to be php.

For navigation - I usually use the following to make naviagtion maintainance easier.

if the url contains "a string"

do this:

else do this:

Can someone help me do this with php?

Cheers if you can illuminate me...

M@)

 

[BLawson]

If I understand correctly, you want to use the URL of the current page.

If this is the case, PHP has predefined variables that you can use:

$PHP_SELF will contain the URL relative to the site. For example: /index.php

$HTTP_REFERER (yes, 'referer' is misspelled) will contain the full Internet URL. For example:

http://www.foo.com/index.php

You could then run a preg_match() to perform a regexp match on the value of $PHP_SELF or $HTTP_REFERER and define your conditional statement.

if (preg_match ("/regexp_goes_here/", $PHP_SELF)) {
do_something;
} else {
do_something_else;
}

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[gameon]

Hi BLawson, in the end I used:

<?php
if(stristr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS[REQUEST_URI],&quot;/~mattg/registration/&quot){
print &quot;<img src=\&quot;/~mattg/images/left_nav/down/registration.gif\&quot; border=\&quot;0\&quot; width=\&quot;173\&quot; height=\&quot;13\&quot; alt=\&quot;Registration\&quot; name=\&quot;\&quot; onMouseOut=\&quot;MM_swapImgRestore()\&quot; onMouseOver=\&quot;MM_swapImage('registration','','/~mattg/images/left_nav/over/over_registration.gif',1)\&quot;>&quot;;
}else{
print &quot;<img src=\&quot;/~mattg/images/left_nav/up/registration.gif\&quot; border=\&quot;0\&quot; width=\&quot;173\&quot; height=\&quot;13\&quot; alt=\&quot;Registration\&quot; name=\&quot;registration\&quot; onMouseOut=\&quot;MM_swapImgRestore()\&quot; onMouseOver=\&quot;MM_swapImage('registration','','/~mattg/images/left_nav/over/over_registration.gif',1)\&quot;>&quot;;
}?>

Do you think is is ok?

M@