[SOLVED] URL breakdown

[monkeytooth]

Ok with the use of:

 

$url = 'http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=83493606&AVSDM=2009-09-22%2003:03:00&WT.mc_n=RSS2005_JSR';

print_r(parse_url($url));

 

I get an output of:

Array ( [scheme] => http [host] => jobsearch.monster.com [path] => /getjob.asp [query] => JobID=83493606&AVSDM=2009-09-22%2003:03:00&WT.mc_n=RSS2005_JSR )

 

What I want to do is catch one specific var in that url the JobID=83493606 more specific the 83493606 or what ever the = would be in any given scenario. But im not sure which function would be the best route to take. I am open to ideas? anyone got any?

[AviNahum]

simply, $_GET['JobID'];

 

echo $_GET['JobID'];

[monkeytooth]

Ahh, I should have specified that the url's in question are not being passed through the browsers as a link or form post or anything like that. The url is being pulled from another source, used as a var/string in it of itself and what I need to do is break down that string a bit more, in this case to catch the specific "JobID" and only the JobID. But in essence the desired output that I am looking for is the same as if I would use $_GET/$_POST ['JobID'] on my own internal scripts.

[Mark Baker]

have a look at parse_str()

[Bricktop]

Hi monkeytooth,

 

How about using a function such as:

 

function find_jobid($start,$end,$total){

$total = stristr($total,$start);

$f2 = stristr($total,$end);

return substr($total,strlen($start),-strlen($f2));
}

$job_id = find_jobid("JobID=","&",$url);
echo $job_id;

 

As long as the url stays the same this should work, it just outputs the data between JobID= and the & after the Job ID number from the URL.

 

Hope this helps.

[monkeytooth]

I'm pretty sure the string will stay for the most part the same, but lets say on the off chance it does not and JobID= moves else where in the string, is that going to effect this function?

[RichardRotterdam]

There are many ways to solve this one here is one that gets all the params in the url

<?php
$url = 'http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=83493606&AVSDM=2009-09-22%2003:03:00&WT.mc_n=RSS2005_JSR';
$params = getUrlValues($url);

echo "Value of JobID = ",$params['JobID'];

function getUrlValues($url){
$values = parse_url($url);

$urlPieces = explode("&" , $values['query']);

$urlVals = array();
foreach($urlPieces as $urlPiece){
	$tmp = explode("=" , $urlPiece);
	$urlVals[$tmp[0]] = $tmp[1];
}
return $urlVals;
}

 

You could prob also use a regular expression

[trq]

There are many ways to solve this one here is one that gets all the params in the url

<?php
$url = 'http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=83493606&AVSDM=2009-09-22%2003:03:00&WT.mc_n=RSS2005_JSR';
$params = getUrlValues($url);

echo "Value of JobID = ",$params['JobID'];

function getUrlValues($url){
$values = parse_url($url);

$urlPieces = explode("&" , $values['query']);

$urlVals = array();
foreach($urlPieces as $urlPiece){
	$tmp = explode("=" , $urlPiece);
	$urlVals[$tmp[0]] = $tmp[1];
}
return $urlVals;
}

 

You could prob also use a regular expression

 

Or (as has been pointed out) you could simply use the built in parse_str function which is made for doing precisely this.

[RichardRotterdam]

Overlooked the str_parse post while posting

[Bricktop]

Hi monkeytooth,

 

I overlooked parse_str too. 

 

Using parse_str() do the following:

 

$url = 'http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=83493606&AVSDM=2009-09-22%2003:03:00&WT.mc_n=RSS2005_JSR';

parse_str($url);

echo $JobID;

 

Hope this helps.