Jim Lucas wrote: > Nitsan Bin-Nun wrote: >> Hi lista, >> >> I have been trying to figure this out for the last couple of hours but I'm >> lack of luck. >> Take a look at these regex's, the string that was inputed into the >> preg_replace (using Uis modificators) and the results: >> (the lists have correspondence to each other) >> >> ORIGINAL STRING >> ---- >> >> http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c >> http://www.guba.com/watch/2000821351 >> http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4609719YfsCFpf >> >> >> REGEX USED (with Uis modificators) >> ---- >> http:\/\/(www\.|)zshare\.net\/video\/([^\/]+) $3 >> http:\/\/(www\.|)guba\.com\/watch\/([0-9]+) $3 >> http:\/\/(www\.|)veoh\.com\/videos\/([^\/]+) >> >> THE RETURNED STRING >> ---- >> 41070871c7a8d9c >> 000821351 >> 4609719YfsCFpf >> >> If you will go through this carefully you will notice that the first >> character of each matching group is being deleted. >> The regex's and the replacements string are being fetched from the database >> (mysql) and goes straight to the preg_replace function with the original >> string. >> >> I have no idea why this happens. >> I'm looking forward for your opinions and suggestions. >> >> Regards, >> Nitsan >> > > In my opinion... > > http://us3.php.net/parse_url is your friend here... > > <?php > > $urls[] = 'http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c'; > $urls[] = 'http://www.guba.com/watch/2000821351'; > $urls[] = 'http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4609719YfsCFpf'; > > $url_paths = array(); > > foreach ( $urls AS $id => $url ) { > $url_paths[$id] = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH); > } > > print_r($url_paths); > > foreach ( $url_paths AS $paths ) { > list( , ,$value) = explode('/', $paths, 3); > echo $value.PHP_EOL; > } > > ?> > > The above outputs the following: > CTRL - Enter a little quick... <plaintext>Array ( [0] => /video/541070871c7a8d9c [1] => /watch/2000821351 [2] => /videos/v4609719YfsCFpf ) 541070871c7a8d9c 2000821351 v4609719YfsCFpf -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
