how to find a string having always the same beginning in array.

Hi, I have got an array with many words and links.
Iwant to have array with links starting ONLY from http://example.co,/cat/a/
What should I do ?
Thanks

 

Hi,

you can use array_filter function.

Regards

 

using array_filter it would like this

$old = array(........);

function start_with_your_string ($var) {
$string = 'http://example.co.uk/something/';
return (strpos($var, $string) === 0);
}

$new = array_filter($old, "start_with_your_string");

just change $string to whatever you need.

 

Or just do this:

$old = array(.........);
$string = 'http://example.co.uk/something/';
$new = array();

foreach( $old as $k => $v ) {
if( strpos( $v, $string ) !== false ) $new[] = $v;
}

PHP:

 

This code has a small bug, it just checks if the string *contains* the specified substring and not if it begins with it. You might simply add a condition like this:

if( strpos( $v, $string ) !== false && strpos( $v, $string ) < 1 ) $new[] = $v;

 

foreach($array as $item) {
if (preg_match("/example.com\/ca\/a\//i",$item)) {
array_push($final_array,$item) ;
}
}

print_r($final_array) ;

 

You'd want to foreach through it and use preg_match("/$http:\/\/example\.com/i, $value), replacing example\.com with whatever the full check you want to do is.