[SOLVED] $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

[sico87]

Hi there I am hoping some will be able to able me,

 

I current have a website that retrieves data from a database using a querystring from the URL something like this "products/product.php?ptid=5&pid=52" I am trying to re-skin one of the pages depending on the ptid, do this I check agains the URI that the ptid=5 in the URL. However this check is failing when the user click on a product as the URI is changing.  Is there a way that I can limit my script so that diregards anything after ptid=5?

 

I currently have something like this,

 

$uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

if ($uri == '/products.php?ptid=5') {
       $class-name = "class";
       ......etc
}

 

I have no idea how I can limit how far it looks into the URI can anyone help?

[cags]

However this check is failing when the user click on a product as the URI is changing.

Can you just clarify what you mean by this? Do you mean if they click a link as the page is still loading? That's what it sounds like you mean, but that doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. Also is that URL actually in the address bar, or is it created by a htaccess redirect?

[Evilace]

if ($uri == '/products.php?ptid=5') {

      $class-name = "class";

      ......etc }

 

put alternate clause for pages greater than you want

 

if ($uri > '/products.php?ptid=5') {

      echo"invalid";

}

 

just play with it, maybe it will help

[sico87]

However this check is failing when the user click on a product as the URI is changing.

Can you just clarify what you mean by this? Do you mean if they click a link as the page is still loading? That's what it sounds like you mean, but that doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. Also is that URL actually in the address bar, or is it created by a htaccess redirect?

 

Sorry I dont think I explained it very well,

 

When the user first lands on the page the URI is /products.php?ptid=5 if the user then clicks on a product the URI changes to /products.php?ptid=5&pid=7.  My issue is that while the user is at /products.php?ptid=5 my conditional statement checking that the URI matches /products.php?ptid=5 returns true if however the URI is /products.php?ptid=5&pid=7 it fails I need to be able to somehow use the /products.php?ptid=5 from /products.php?ptid=5&pid=7 so that my check returns true whatever happens as long as some of the URI is products.php?ptid=5 hope that makes more sense.

[cags]

Is there a reason you can't use...

 

<?php
if(isset($_GET['ptid']) && $_GET['ptid'] == 5) {
?>

[sico87]

cags you genious!! I have no idea why I didn't think of that!!!