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Mark
Mark

Reputation: 49

Using preg_replace on url variables

I have some very long URL variables. Here is one example.

http://localhost/index.php?image=XYZ_1555025022.jpg&mppdf=yes&pdfname=Printer&deskew=yes&autocrop=yes&print=no&mode=color&printscalewidth100=&printscaleheight100=&rand=56039

Ultimately it would be nice if I could find a way to use preg_replace to simply change one variable even if in the middle of the string for instance in the string above change print=no to 'print=yes for example.

I will however settle for a preg_replace pattern match that allows me to delete ?image=XYZ_1555025022.jpg. as this is a variable the name could be anything. It will always have "?image" " at the start and end with "&"

I think one of the problems I have run into is that preg_match seems to have issues on strings with "=" contained in them .

I am completely lost here in this and all those characters make may head spin. Maybe someone can give some guidance please?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 360

Answers (2)

A l w a y s S u n n y
A l w a y s S u n n y

Reputation: 38552

You can use str_replace() or preg_replace() to get your job done, but parse_url() with parse_str() will give you more controls to modify any parameters easily by array index. Finally use http_build_query() to make your final url after modification.

<?php
$url = 'http://localhost/index.php?image=XYZ_1555025022.jpg&mppdf=yes&pdfname=Printer&deskew=yes&autocrop=yes&print=no&mode=color&printscalewidth100=&printscaleheight100=&rand=56039';
$parts = parse_url($url);
parse_str($parts['query'], $query);
echo "BEFORE".PHP_EOL;
print_r($query);
$query['print'] = 'yes';
echo "AFTER".PHP_EOL;
print_r($query);
?>

DEMO: https://3v4l.org/npGij

Upvotes: 1

Nick
Nick

Reputation: 147256

Here's a demo of how you can do some of things you want using explode, parse_str and http_build_query:

$url = 'http://localhost/index.php?image=XYZ_1555025022.jpg&mppdf=yes&pdfname=Printer&deskew=yes&autocrop=yes&print=no&mode=color&printscalewidth100=&printscaleheight100=&rand=56039';
// split on first ?
list($path, $query_string) = explode('?', $url, 2);
// parse the query string
parse_str($query_string, $params);
// delete image param
unset($params['image']);
// change the print param
$params['print'] = 'yes';
// rebuild the query
$query_string = http_build_query($params);
// reassemble the URL
$url = $path . '?' . $query_string;
echo $url;

Output:

http://localhost/index.php?mppdf=yes&pdfname=Printer&deskew=yes&autocrop=yes&print=yes&mode=color&printscalewidth100=&printscaleheight100=&rand=56039

Demo on 3v4l.org

Upvotes: 1

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