I think I'll snap my keyboard.

[livethedead]

Alright I've racked my brain over and over, and to me it seems completely illogical that this isn't fucking working. At this point I'm starting to get angry and I really need someone to explain to me why this doesn't work because I refuse to move on in my studies until I figure this out. I would really appreciate it. note: I didn't post this in regex because it's nothing to do with the regex really.

 

 

Everything works just golden except the last if statement. If I enter say "a"" in the facebook form, it will return "a", instead of: "facebook.com/a". I seriously cannot fathom why and need help. I've tried else, elseif, if in varying orders thinking maybe I just lack understanding of them but no. So that's why I have it currently placed idioticly in 3 if statements.

 

<?php
$first_name = trim($_REQUEST['first_name']);
$last_name =  trim($_REQUEST['last_name']);
$email = trim($_REQUEST['email']);

$facebook_url = trim($_REQUEST['facebook_url']);
$facebook_url_check = false;
if (preg_match("/facebook.com\/|facebook.org\/|facebook.net\//", $facebook_url)) {
	$facebook_url_check = true;
}

if ($facebook_url_check = true) {
	$facebook = preg_replace("/facebook.org\/|facebook.net\//i", 
	"facebook.com/", $facebook_url);
}
if ($facebook_url_check = false) {
		$url = "facebook.com/";
		$facebook = $url . $facebook_url;
	}
?>

[scootstah]

Because you're using an assignment operator instead of a comparison operator.

if ($facebook_url_check == false) {

 

Notice the two "="s

 

EDIT: By the way, you'll probably get more help if you use descriptive titles.