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razz
razz

Reputation: 41

Server request uri page and related pages

I'm nearly done with finding a way to show a .html file on certain pages only.

In this case i want test.html to be shown on http://www.example.com/categories/AnyPageThatExcistsInCategories

I figured out the following code works on /categories. <?php if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/categories/') { include 'test.html';} ?>

I only need the golden tip on how to get it also working on pages like /categories/ThisCanBeAnything and categories/ThisCanBeAnything/AndThisAlso etc etc server config is nginx.

thank you

Upvotes: 0

Views: 587

Answers (2)

Progrock
Progrock

Reputation: 7485

You could see if the request uri begins with the string '/categories/':

<?php

$request_uri = '/categories/foo';

if (strpos($request_uri, '/categories/') === 0 )
{
    include 'your.html';
}

Substitute the value of $request_uri above with $_SERVER['request_uri']. Under the assumption that you have this logic in a front controller.

Further:

<?php

$request_uris = [
    '/categories/foo',
    '/categories/',
    '/categories',
    '/bar'
];

function is_category_path($request_uri) {
    $match = false;
    if (strpos($request_uri, '/categories/') === 0 )
    {
        $match =  true;
    }

    return $match;
}

foreach ($request_uris as $request_uri) {
    printf(
        "%s does%s match a category path.\n",
        $request_uri,
        is_category_path($request_uri) ? '' : ' not'
    );
}

Output:

/categories/foo does match a category path.
/categories/ does match a category path.
/categories does not match a category path.
/bar does not match a category path.

In use:

if(is_category_path($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
    include 'your.html';
    exit;
}

You may want to not match the exact string '/categories/', if so you could adjust the conditional:

if(
    strpos($request_uri, '/categories/') === 0
    &&                      $request_uri !== '/categories/'
) {}

Upvotes: 1

Charli W.
Charli W.

Reputation: 71

Progrock's example will work just fine, but here is another example using a regex match instead of strpos, in case you're curious!

<?php
if (preg_match("/\/categories\/.*/", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
    include 'test.html';
}
?>

Upvotes: 0

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