RE: [PHP] Check contents of variable

2001-11-20 Thread Jason G.
You could also try: if(! ereg('^http://', $url)) $url = 'http://' . $url; -JAson Garber At 11:15 PM 11/20/2001 +0100, Daniel Alsén wrote: > > How about: > > > > if (substr($url,0,7) <> "http://";) > > $url = "http://"; . $url; > >Thanks! > >That´s just the function i am looking f

Re: [PHP] Check contents of variable

2001-11-20 Thread PHP List
Correct, the third parameter is for the number of characters to read, nothing means entire string. Function details can be found here: http://download.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php > > How about: > > > > if (substr($url,0,7) <> "http://";) > > $url = "http://"; . $url; > > Thanks! >

RE: [PHP] Check contents of variable

2001-11-20 Thread Daniel Alsén
> How about: > > if (substr($url,0,7) <> "http://";) > $url = "http://"; . $url; Thanks! That´s just the function i am looking for. I looked it up in the manual. Correct me if i am wrong - if i don´t set the second parameter in substr it just continues to read until the variable is finished?

Re: [PHP] Check contents of variable

2001-11-20 Thread PHP List
How about: if (substr($url,0,7) <> "http://";) $url = "http://"; . $url; > Hi, > > which function would i use to check if a certain value is in the contents of > a variable? > > I have a form where the users submits url's. I need the url with http:// in > the beginning. Since there is more