Regular expression to match http://anything.extension

[DigitalBuilder]

This is for what may be a large traffic site in New Zealand [Population 4 Million]

Hello, I wanted a domain to match anything with a domain space i can specify

I have 'http://[\w|\W]{1,}nz' But it doesn't cut off at the .nz

1] How do i make it cut off at the .nz
2] How can i make it return the stripped part?

http://*.*.nz

http://anything.co.nz

http://anything.net.nz

http://anything.org.nz

http://anything.gen.nz

http://anything.ac.nz

http://anything.maori.nz

http://anything.geek.nz

http://anything.school.nz

 

[vbkris]

>>But it doesn't cut off at the .nz
where does it cut off???

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[DigitalBuilder]

http://*.*.nz

none of

http://*.*.nz?noquery

http://*.*.nz#nohash

 

[DigitalBuilder]

I might just do it with some string functions I decided.

 

[vbkris]

but ur RegEx will do just that!!!

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[tyreejp]

Try this.

(?:

http://)

[\w|\W]{1,}?(nz)

--
James

http://www.microsoftjr.com

 

[DRJ478]

There is still some confusion here and the pattern will fail if the domain name itself contains the letter combination nz, e.g. kenzander.net.nz

$str = <<<END
[URL unfurl="true"]http://whatever.co.nz[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://kenzander.net.nz[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://whatever.gv.nz[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://dynamic.net.nz?comeon=this&and=that[/URL]
END;

$pattern = "/(\w+\.\w+)\.nz/";
preg_match_all($pattern,$str,$myArr);

# The first subexpression will have the 'stripped' domains
print_r($myArr[1]);

Explanation:

/    opening regex delimiter
(    start subpattern
\w   any word character
+    one ore more
\.   a literal period - needs escaping since the dot operator has meta meaning
\w+  one or more word chars
)    close subpattern
\.nz the .nz part with the escaped dot
/    end delimiter

Greetings to New Zealand.

 

[jemminger]

if you want "anything.nz", then why bother with all this nonsense:
$pattern = "/(\w+\.\w+)\.nz/";

just use "anything.nz":
$pattern = "/(.+)\.nz/";


-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big

 

[tyreejp]

Sorry, didn't notice the nz part as being in the name as well.

This works for me:

(?<protocol>

http://)(?<domain>

[-A-Z0-9.]+)(?<file>/[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|!:,.;]*)?(?<parameters>\?[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|!:,.;]*)?(nz\s)

my test data was:

http://anything.co.nz

http://anything.net.nz

http://anything.org.nz

http://anything.gen.nz

http://anything.ac.nz

http://anything.maori.nz

http://anything.geek.nz

http://anything.school.nz

http://kenzander.net.nz

http://kenzander.net.nz

http://kenzander.net.nz

http://kenzander.net.nz

http://kenzander.net.nz.com

--
James

http://www.microsoftjr.com

 

[DRJ478]

why bother with all this nonsense

It's fine to disagree, but please don't pass judgements or belittle other posters' contributions.
Nonsense is something that makes no-sense, however, the provided solution works perfectly.

What really bothers me are unprofessional comments in "INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS".

 

[jemminger]

now who's the one passing judgements on posts? i posted a figure of speech, YOU read so much into it.

-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big

 

[DRJ478]

Certainly I am passing judgement, not on your professional skills, but your choice of figures of speech. No offense intended.

 

[jemminger]

no problem - i don't try to offend intentionally...

-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big