check that string has http:// at the start?

[Vivid Lust]

Hi all,

 

Is there any way in which with PHP, i can check to see if http:// is present at the start of a string?

 

Thanks all.

[premiso]

<?php
$string = "test this";
$check = substr($string, 0, 6);

if (strtolower($check) != "http://") {
    echo 'The price is wrong BOB';
}else {
   echo 'ok...';
}
?>

 

substr would be your huckleberry.

 

edit:

Changed 7 to a 6.

[Maq]

$string = "http://www.google.com";
echo (substr($string, 0, 7)=="http://" ? "begins with" : "does not";

 

premiso beat me to it but here's mine anyway.

[premiso]

$string = "http://www.google.com";
echo (substr($string, 0, 7)=="http://" ? "begins with" : "does not";

 

premiso beat me to it but here's mine anyway.

 

Just a correction (I had it wrong in mine) the 7 should be 6, since substr it is 0 based.

[Maq]

Oh yeah 6, thanks 

 

And I never compared it to anything!