[SOLVED] struggling with "if starts with" preg_match...

[misterm]

Hi

 

I wonder if anyone can help with this?

 

I am grabbing the URI of a page like:

 

$thisUri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

 

Which works great. Once I have the set $thisUri to the current URI, I want to say if $thisUri starts with "/editor.php?cat=" then do something.

 

The format of the URI will always be like /editor.php?cat=1010000 with the number at the end constantly changing, which is the bit I want to ignore.

 

I've tried using preg_match, but I can't seem to get the syntax right.

 

I'm probably missing something really simple.  :/

 

Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction

 

mr m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[R0bb0b]

you could try

<?php
if(substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 0, 16) == "/editor.php?cat=")
{

}
?>

[misterm]

Thanks ever so much R0bb0b

 

That works a treat and is much simpler than what I was trying.

 

mr m