Regex help

Hello guys i have troubleshooted this problem for 1hour+.. i dont understand why does it not pass a value of "0" when $_POST['AuditGlobal'] == "2". It prints out "2" instead. I have a few scripts above that are exactly the same as this hence i am confused..hope you guys can help me out..thanks..

Problem Script

if(isset($_POST['AuditGlobal']) && !empty($_POST['AuditGlobal']) && $_POST['submitFinal'] == "Update" )
{
    
if($_POST['AuditGlobal'] == "2")
{
    $newArgument2 = "0";
}    
elseif ($_POST['AuditGlobal'] == "1")
{
    $newArgument2 = "1";
}
$newArgument2 = $_POST['AuditGlobal'];
$batch_contents = preg_replace('~(findstr /i /C:"MACHINE\\\\System\\\\CurrentControlSet\\\\Control\\\\Lsa\\\\AuditBaseObjects=4,)([0-9])("\sC:\\\\\major_security_settings1.txt)~', '${1}'.$newArgument2.'${3}', $batch_contents);
file_put_contents($batchfileSP, $batch_contents);

echo '<script type="text/javascript">
alert("Update Successful");
location.href="menu.php";
</script>';
}

PHP:

Audit:Audit the Access of Global System Objects:<select name="AuditGlobal">
<option selected=""></option>
<option value="1">Enable</option>
<option value="2">Disable</option>
</select><p>

Working Script

if(isset($_POST['SID']) && !empty($_POST['SID']) && $_POST['submitFinal'] == "Update" )
{
    
if($_POST['SID'] == "2")
{
    $newArgument = "0";
}    
elseif ($_POST['SID'] == "1")
{
    $newArgument = "1";
}


$batch_contents = preg_replace('~(findstr /i /C:"LSAAnonymousNameLookup = )([0-9])~', '${1}'.$newArgument, $batch_contents);
file_put_contents($batchfileSP, $batch_contents);



echo '<script type="text/javascript">
alert("Update Successful");
location.href="menu.php";
</script>';
}

PHP:

Network Access:Allow Anonymous SID/Name Translation:<select name="SID">
<option selected=""></option>
<option value="1">Enable</option>
<option value="2">Disable</option>
</select><p>

 

I think its because your redefining it on this line after your checks

$newArgument2 = $_POST['AuditGlobal'];

So just remove that line and try ?

 

yeah it works now!..sorry for the trouble, my eyes are so poor lol..thanks alot dude

 

hello guys i have been trying to regex the line below.. i would like to regex the .* part in the 2nd (.*\) and i still can't figure out how to do it..

$parts = preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);

This is the closest i can get to
$batch_contents = preg_replace('~(preg_split\("/\\\\.\\\\(\.\*\\\\)\\\\.\\\\()([0-9.]+)(\\\\))~i', '${1}'.$newArgument, $batch_contents);

 

Can you post what the actually line is and how you want it split into parts ?

 

opps i mean i am trying to preg_replace this line --> $parts = preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);

The bold characters ".*" is what i am intending to replace with numbers and strings...

 

I am not sure if you need to keep the brackets or not ?

But here goes:

$part1 ='letters';
$part2 ='1234567';

$string ='$parts = preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);';
$new_string = preg_replace("#\/\\\.\\\\\(\.\*\\\\\)#","/\.\\($part1)", $string);
$new_string = preg_replace("#\\\.\\\\\(\.\*\\\\\)#","\.\\($part2)", $new_string);

echo $new_string;

PHP:

Will echo out:

$parts = preg_split("/\.\(letters)\.\(1234567)/", $file);
Original string was:
$parts = preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);

Code (markup):

 

Yeah i will need to retain every thing in $parts = preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);
Ahhh, nevermind ima integrate the codes now and see how it goes!
Thanks for the help man

 

Opps sorry, you just add \\ for \ in the replacement.

$string ='$parts = preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);';
$new_string = preg_replace("#\/\\\.\\\\\(\.\*\\\\\)#","/\.\\($part1\\)", $string);
$new_string = preg_replace("#\\\.\\\\\(\.\*\\\\\)#","\.\\($part2\\)", $new_string);

PHP:

Out put:

$parts = preg_split("/\.\(letters\)\.\(1234567\)/", $file); 

Code (markup):

 

Hmm i have tried putting the $new_string variable into my script..but it does not work allow my filenames with username SEAN to appear..may i ask is there a way to directly change the preg_split function inside the while loop?

<?php


  //"$DOCUMENT_ROOT"."new/"; 
  $current_dir = 'C:\xampp\htdocs\Audit_Reports';   //Put in second part, the directory - without a leading slash but with a trailing slash!
  $dir = opendir($current_dir);        // Open the sucker
 
$newArgument = $_POST[argument];



  echo ("<p><h1>List of Audit Reports:</h1></p><hr><br />");
  while ($file = readdir($dir))            // while loop
 
 {
$string ='preg_split("/\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);';
$part1 ='letters';
$part2 ='.*';
$new_string = preg_replace("#\/\\\.\\\\\(\.\*\\\\\)#","/\.\\($newArgument\)",$string);
$new_string = preg_replace("#\\\.\\\\\(\.\*\\\\\)#","\.\\($part2\)", $new_string);
//echo $new_string;

    // $parts = preg_split("/\.\(SEAN\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);
    if (is_array($new_string) && count($new_string) > 1) {    // does the dissected array have more than one part
        $extension = reset($new_string);        // set to we can see last file extension
        if ($extension == "Audit_Report" OR $extension == "audit_report")    // is extension ext or EXT ?
             echo "<a href=\"$file\" target=\"_blank\"> $file </a><br />";    // If so, echo it out else do nothing cos it's not what we want
        }
    }
  echo "<hr><br />";
  closedir($dir);        // Close the directory after we are done



?>

<form action="readdirectory.php" method='post'>Search Files:<p>
Hostname: <input type="text" name="argument"<p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submitFinal" value="Update"> &nbsp;<p>
</form>
</p>

PHP:

This is the line i want to replace...// $parts = preg_split("/\.\(SEAN\)\.\(.*\)/", $file);