Problematic Preg Match

Discussion in 'PHP' started by Galaxian, Mar 23, 2012.

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    The preg_match below is supposed to find matches in $_SERVER['request_uri'] that look like a directory, i.e /test-page/, but it always returns false/0. What's the problem? The same test works on http://www.functions-online.com/preg_match.html.

    preg_match($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/^\/([a-z0-9-_]+)\//')
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    Galaxian, Mar 23, 2012 IP
  2. TakeReal.com

    TakeReal.com Peon

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    Should be another order, at least:

    preg_match('/^\/([a-z0-9-_]+)\//', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])
     
    TakeReal.com, Mar 24, 2012 IP
  3. Galaxian

    Galaxian Active Member

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    I'm a douchebag. Thanks!
     
    Galaxian, Mar 24, 2012 IP