if an input has specific characters, strip them.

[jamesxg1]

Hiya peeps,

 

I am using preg_match to validate URLS;

 

preg_match("/(((https?|ftp|gopher):\/\/|(mailto|file|news)[^' <>\"]+|(www|web|w3).[-a-z0-9.]+)[^' .,;<>\":]/i", $this->_searchString)

 

I works great, the only issue I have is I am using it in an if statment, and what I need to do is something like this.

 

				if(preg_match("/(((https?|ftp|gopher):\/\/|(mailto|file|news)[^' <>\"]+|(www|web|w3).[-a-z0-9.]+)[^' .,;<>\":]/i", $this->_searchString)) {
					CHECK IF  $this->_searchString has http:// at the start of it or if it has a / at the end and remove them if it does. I need  $this->_searchString to end up with only www.SITE.co.uk before I can input it into the relevant function.
				} else {

				}

 

Many thanks,

 

James.

[MMDE]

from what the thread title "wants", look into preg_replace();

[AbraCadaver]

Maybe use functions that are built for this 

 

if(filter_var($this->_searchString, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
   $this->_searchString = parse_url($this->_searchString, PHP_URL_HOST);
}

[jamesxg1]

Thanks mate, worked a charm .

 

Many thanks,

 

James.

[AbraCadaver]

Thanks mate, worked a charm .

 

Many thanks,

 

James.

 

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