PHP - Deleting After A Given Word In A String

Folks,

I want to find a Word in a string. If the word is found, i want to retrun TRUE else FALSE.

$string: Sol 3 Drawer Chests Antique Pine Bedside Chest

$word to be found: Chest

Now the tricky part is: In the $string the $word occurs twice once its CHESTS (i mean the first occurance) then CHEST.

If its found, i want to return TRUE else FALSE.

I tried using strpos() but it just checks for CHEST and not CHESTS.

How can it be achieved?

Cheers
Natasha

I have been becoming more and more familiar with PHP over the past few months, but this problem stumps me.

How can I take a string of words separated by spaces taken from an XML feed (example: word1 word2 word3 word4)

and turn it into something like this:

<a href="word1">word1</a>
<a href="word2">word2</a>
...

and so on. This has to be done on the fly, since it is taking the words from the XML feed, they change depending on the page.

I want them to be in a vertical column, and be able to link each one to the search page for that word, so each link has to be different.


An even more in-depth problem, how can I sort it then so that there are multiple columns if necessary, say one page only has 3 words, but another has 50. How can I split them up into multiple vertical columns, say with 10 words in each?


Have I confused anyone yet?

Hi, and thanks for any help with this. 

I have this but of php i have been trying relentlessly to get working.. for over a month.
 

<?php
$abs="one two three four words";
$mT = "testing for matching words";

$words=explode(' ', $abs);
//$sf=($words);


if (preg_match($words, $mT))
{
        echo "the url $mT contains a Word";
}
else
{
        echo "the url $mT does Not contain a Word";

echo "$words[4]";

}
?>

You see, I get a responce only using the last line "$words[4]", (obviously, because I am pointing it the Matching word, (ie: with [4])
What i need to have is that the script will automatically "find" that Matching Word for me with ANYwhere of the string of $abs (not just the beginning or the ending)". 

not making it confusing, but the obvious word in this I am looking to find is the word, "words".
😕

Thanks so much for any help.

 

 

Edited June 9, 2020 by x1705
better description.

How could I split a string in half but not in the middle of a word?


$information = "This is the string of text, however at some point in the sentence a word may get split in half.";
$cut = round(strlen($information)/2); ///where to cut (50%)
$split1 = substr($information, 0, $cut); //first half
$split2 = substr($information, $cut); // second half

I have a bad way with words, so if the title doesnt make much sense nor my post, I apolagize!

But I am using a while loop and mysql_fetch_array to echo all information in a table in mysql.

With each entry, I have included a button that executes a delete query for that entry.

Code: [Select]
$delquery="DELETE FROM requests WHERE user = '".$row['user']."'";
mysql_query($delquery,$link2);
echo "<font size='19px' color='#009933'>User deleted from request database.When I click the button, the message is echod in every entry listed on the page, and nothing happens. I figured Id use delete from the username, so that way mysql will know which one to delete... but Idk when I think about it thats dumb and makes no sense. Im stuck.

This side of the application im trying to make is the admin side where I can process requests. After I process the request I delete it from the database so I know I processed it. I have no idea what query to use for this.

Anybody know how I could do this?

Thanks

Could anyone tell me why this is not deleting the userip and post id from the database at all.

Thanks


Code: [Select]
<?php
include('dbcon.php');

if($_REQUEST['postId'])
{
$userip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

mysql_query("update collapsed_likes set likes=likes-1 where post_id= ".$_REQUEST['postId']);

mysql_query("delete from collapsed_ip where userip=".$userip." AND post_id = ".$_REQUEST['postId']);

$total_likes = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM collapsed_likes where post_id = ".$_REQUEST['postId']." ");
$likes = mysql_fetch_array($total_likes);
$likes = $likes['likes'];
}
echo $likes;
?>

Hi, this is the first time I've asked for some help from a forum. I guess this code has sort of got me stumped.

So, I have a system where a user can enter a number. The number goes into a mysql database. A random number is also generated and it is added into another column.

So, I want users to be able to delete the number using the random number. I've shown it to them, and I need help working my delete script.
Code: [Select]
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","","");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

mysql_select_db("a8784hos_adopts", $con);
$adopt = $_POST['adoptid'];
$uniquecode = $_POST['uniquecode'];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT uniquecode, id FROM id WHERE id='$adopt'");
mysql_fetch_array($result);
if (($adopt == $row['id']) || ($uniquecode == $row['uniquecode'])){
mysql_query("DELETE FROM id WHERE id='$adopt'");
echo 'Done! <br/><br/><a href="tester.php">Go back....</a>';
}
else {
echo 'Bad unique code. <br/><br/><a href="tester.php">Go back....</a>';
}
?>

So, the random number is uniquecode in the database, and the number is id. However, when I try this code, it always tell me I have a bad unique code. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

I'm trying to delete the <identifier> node of some XML, using the following code; unsuccessfully.   Can someone help me identify where I'm going wrong? TIA

$newXML = "";
$xmlString = Fedora_API::callGetDatastreamContents($this->pid, 'MODS', true);
$doc = DOMDocument::loadXML($xmlString);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);

$fieldNodeList = $xpath->query("/identifier");

foreach ($fieldNodeList as $node) {  
	$fieldNodeList->removeChild($node);
}
$newXML = $doc->SaveXML();  

Hi, When i launch my code i get the following php error:
Warning: unlink(../files/"yCUuH0223e3d6d046acb58678fbb54042e0fe.pdf") [function.unlink]: Invalid argument in C:\xampp\htdocs\intra\VVS\admin\fakture-edit.php on line 74

But in the dir: C:\xampp\htdocs\intra\VVS\files\

The file exists..

here's my php code:

Code: [Select]
$id = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']);
$fil = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['fil']);


$result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM fakture WHERE id=('$id')  LIMIT 1");
$row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2);

if ($_GET["op"] == "process")
{

if (!unlink('../files/"'.$fil.'"'))

Hi, I gave the following php script:

#!/usr/bin/php -f
<?php
require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))."/modules/common/common.config.inc.php");
$path = $conf["root"]."/media/images/tricouri/tmp/";
$command = "rm -Rf".$path."*";
if(exec($command))
{
    echo "Folder cleared\n";
}
else
{
    echo "Folder clear failed\n";
}
?>


I want to delete some .png files from the ./tmp folder and I receive a rm error:
Quote

rm: invalid option -- /
Try `rm --help' for more information.
Folder clear failed



The rm -rf command sintax is ok on the linux bash, but from php i receive the error.
Php safe mode is off. Can someone help, please ?

Hi.

What am I doing wrong he

Code: [Select]
mysql_query("DELETE FROM availability WHERE id = '$_POST['id']'");
I am able to echo the id but I must be entering the post item incorrectly into the delete string.

Can anyone show me my mistake?

Thanks

I'm just trying to get suggestions on what people think would be the best way to go with this. With the bottom part of this card where it s tarts working with the foreach loop its taking what was a UL and for each of each LI's and updating a table with its new data however this way isn't going to work as this is editing a user. Because there could be 5 in the database but the new edit user has only 4 lis so I'm sure you could all see the issue here. What I'm thinking would be best is to have it DELETE the existing characterIDs that have WHERE handler_ID = $handlerID and then just do a new INSERT statement. Anyone else think this would be the best way to go about this?


Code: [Select]
if (mysqli_num_rows($Qresult) == 0) {
        $query = "UPDATE `handlers`
            SET `userName` = '".$userName."', `password`='".$password."', `firstName`='".$firstName."', `lastName`='".$lastName."', `statusID`='".$statusID."', `isAdmin`='".$admin."', `defaultCharID`='".$defaultCharID."', `email`='".$email."' WHERE `ID` = '".$handlerID."'"; 
        mysqli_query($dbc, $query);
        foreach ($characterIDs as $cID) {
               $query2 = "UPDATE `handler_characters`
               SET `handler_id` = '".$handlerID."', `characterID` = '".$cID."'";
               mysqli_query($dbc, $query2);
        }
        $result = "good";
    }

I am sorry even i didn't say hello to forum but i need this snippet very urgently. i have Zero knowledge of PHP but unfortunately i need a small code as follow.

Does anyone have a code that will automatically delete stuff out of the database after 30 days of being in there...?