If I'm searching for a variable in a url such as t=VALUE then it also returns things like postcount=VALUE

Example:

Scheme:http
Domain:domain.com
path and file:/forums/showpost.php
Query:p=61867&postcount=5

we found this url is pointing at threadid: "5" (oh no)

$expression = "($crawlurl[threadvar]=[a-zA-Z0-9]&?)";
preg_match($expression,$urltoadd->get_query(),$urltoaddthreadid);

Can anyone think of a way to fix this?

Thanks

Try making your expression "un-greedy".

(.*?)

$what=explode("postcount=", $query);
print "$what[1]";

easiest way lol

wait, why not just use $_GET['postcount'] ?

Originally posted by chrisS
wait, why not just use $_GET['postcount'] ?
yep. or use parse_str() if you need to parse it yourself

I think he only need the t not the entire postcount part. I think lol.

*shudders* PHP really bastardizes regex's lol :)