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b_dubb · 2009-09-09 1:05 am

i want to search a string for '.swf'. so ...

Code:

if ( stristr($string,'.swf') === TRUE ) { echo "WOOT"; }

however ... this is not working. what i'm doing EXACTLY IS ...

Code:

$flash_code = "<object width="550" height="400"><param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf"><embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400"></embed></object>";
$flash_code_array = explode('"',$flash_code);
$count_flash_code_array = count($flash_code);

for ( $i = 0; $i < $count_flash_code_array; $i++ ) {
    if ( stristr($flash_code_array[$i],"swf") === TRUE ) {
        $flash_code_array[$i] = $flash_file;
    } 
}

$flash_code = implode('"',$flash_code_array);
echo "    <div id=\"flash_header\">$flash_code</div>\r\n";

the goal here is to find the chunk of the EMBED code that refers to the '.swf' and replace that with the '/path/filename' value. it seems i can't get the stristr() statement to evaluate as true

here's a snapshot of what the exploded EMBED string looks like as an array

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => <object width=
    [1] => 550
    [2] =>  height=
    [3] => 400
    [4] => ><param name=
    [5] => movie
    [6] =>  value=
    [7] => somefilename.swf
    [8] => ><embed src=
    [9] => somefilename.swf
    [10] =>  width=
    [11] => 550
    [12] =>  height=
    [13] => 400
    [14] => ></embed></object>
)

** using PHP 5.2.5

pre-emptive thanks

b

Last edited by b_dubb (2009-09-09 1:07 am)

jerwin · 2009-09-09 9:59 am

I don't know PHP... but

Return Values

Returns the matched substring. If needle is not found, returns FALSE.

function stristr

So, presumably, you'd test for nonfalse values.

Code:

if ( stristr($string,'.swf') != FALSE) { echo "WOOT"; }

Last edited by jerwin (2009-09-09 10:04 am)

b_dubb · 2009-09-09 11:38 am

i think i smurfed up the first example. what i'm doing in my actual code is (trying) to test for TRUE. so it would look more like

Code:

if ( stristr($string,'.swf') === TRUE) { echo "WOOT"; }

i think?

jerwin · 2009-09-09 12:45 pm

if I'm reading the docs correctly, it never returns TRUE. It either returns the substring, or FALSE. So, you must test for nonfalse returns. Thus '!= FALSE'.

resedit · 2009-09-09 1:26 pm

jerwin wrote:
if I'm reading the docs correctly, it never returns TRUE. It either returns the substring, or FALSE. So, you must test for nonfalse returns. Thus '!= FALSE'.

That's the way I read the manual as well.

Code:

<?php
  $email = 'USER@EXAMPLE.com';
  echo stristr($email, 'e'); // outputs ER@EXAMPLE.com
  echo stristr($email, 'e', true); // As of PHP 5.3.0, outputs US
?>

makes that pretty clear.

resedit · 2009-09-09 1:30 pm

btw - you want to make sure the array variable ends in .swf.
Otherwise it could theoretically trigger off of something that doesn't but happend to have the four character .swf string in it.

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#1 2009-09-09 1:05 am

stristr() question

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#2 2009-09-09 9:59 am

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#3 2009-09-09 11:38 am

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#4 2009-09-09 12:45 pm

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#5 2009-09-09 1:26 pm

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jerwin wrote:

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