""Boyd, Todd M."" <tmbo...@ccis.edu> wrote in message news:33bde0b2c17eef46acbe00537cf2a19003bb9...@exchcluster.ccis.edu... > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Stanovcak [mailto:blindspot...@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:04 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Re: validating directory and file name with preg_match > > > ""Frank Stanovcak"" <blindspot...@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:a8.d6.08436.5cf80...@pb1.pair.com... > > I'm limiting access to certain proceedures based on the file trying > to use > > them, and the directory they are located in on my server. Right now > I am > > using two preg_match statments as you will see. What I want to know > is > > this. Is there a way to write a single regex for this that will > supply > > the file name as a match, and only return if the directory is valid? > > > > ------------ > > //make sure we are calling from the propper directory, and get the > file > > name that included to determine > > //database access needs > > > preg_match('#^C:\\\\Inetpub\\\\wwwroot\\\\folder\\\\(entry|edit)\\\\(\w > *\\.(php|pdf))#i', > > $included_files[0], $check1); > > > preg_match('#^C:\\\\Inetpub\\\\wwwroot\\\\folder\\\\(\w*\\.(php|pdf))#i > ', > > $included_files[0], $check2); > > if(isset($check1)){ > > if(is_array($check1)){ > > $matches[4] = $check1[2]; > > }; > > unset($check1); > > }; > > if(isset($check2)){ > > if(is_array($check2)){ > > $matches[4] = $check2[1]; > > }; > > unset($check2); > > }; > > if(isset($matches[4]){ > > more code here > > }; > > > > ------Then Robyn Sed------ > Looks like the difference between the 2 patterns is the > '(entry|edit)\\\\' part -- couldn't you make that optional and combine > it into one expression? Ie, '((entry|edit)\\\\)*' > > As for returning the filename, basename() is your friend. > > R > ------end------ > > I would use basename, but I want only the two file types specified to > trigger a return. They are the only two valid php types on this > server. > > Your suggestion worked like a charm! Thank you very much!
Upon reading this, I realize that I over-thought my suggestion. /^c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\folder\\(?:entry|edit)\\(\w+\.(?:php|pdf))$/i That's my final answer. :) // Todd Thank you too Todd. I don't know why, but for some reason if I don't double escape the slashes it fails everytime. I never knew you could stop the return with ?: that will help a great deal in the future! Frank -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
