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questy
questy

Reputation: 527

php preg_match regex for multiple directories and files

I'm trying to write a regex expression in PHP that will load content in all locations specified, or every location except those specified.

#load content everywhere EXCEPT locations expressed
<?php if (preg_match('/\/(contact\/|news\/|index\.html)/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) === 0): ?>
<div class="greeting">Bonjour</div>
<?php endif; ?>

#load content on locations expressed
<?php if (preg_match('/\/(contact\/|news\/|index\.html)/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) === 1): ?>
<div class="greeting">Konichiwa</div>
<?php endif; ?>

The problem I'm having is that I can't get the root of my website /index.html(specifically http://example.com/index.html, nowhere else) to work alongside the wildcards for any page in /contact/ or /news/.

To summarize again: /contact/* (any page in contact), /news/* (any page in /news/), /index.html (root of website)

I've tried a few different ways of adding the slash before index.html, but it either didn't work or returned a PHP error.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 723

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 786146

Make sure you use anchor ^ (line start) make sure you match URI from root:

if (preg_match('#^/(contact/|news/|index\.html|$)#', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))

I also changed regex delimiter to # so that you can avoid escaping / in your regex.

Upvotes: 1

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