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You can use:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-39658625-1">^.*?/clients/[a-zA-Z0-9]\.php\b.*$</code></pre>
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You can use:



^.*?/clients/[a-zA-Z0-9]\.php\b.*$

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No go; that .*? should work for a / in front, correct?<br />
<br />
This is what I am currently using:<br />
if(preg_match('^.*?/client<wbr />s/[a-zA-Z0<wbr />-9]\.php\b<wbr />.*$', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
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No go; that .*? should work for a / in front, correct?

This is what I am currently using:
if(preg_match('^.*?/clients/[a-zA-Z0-9]\.php\b.*$', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {

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I think you need the + after the character match. You also need start and end delimiters:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-39659084-1">if(preg_match('|^.*?/clients/[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.php\b.*$|', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) { </code></pre>
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I think you need the + after the character match. You also need start and end delimiters:



if(preg_match('|^.*?/clients/[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.php\b.*$|', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) { 

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hi.. this is your solution<br />
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(http|ftp|https):\/\/[\w\-<wbr />_]+(\.[\w\<wbr />-_]+)+([\w<wbr />\-\.,@?^=%<wbr />&amp;amp;:/~\+<wbr />#]*[\w\-\@<wbr />?^=%&amp;amp;/<wbr />~\+#])?<br />
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use it...
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hi.. this is your solution

(http|ftp|https):\/\/[\w\-_]+(\.[\w\-_]+)+([\w\-\.,@?^=%&amp;:/~\+#]*[\w\-\@?^=%&amp;/~\+#])?

use it...

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Thank you for the solution that works and a detailed explanation as well as other advisories.
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Thank you for the solution that works and a detailed explanation as well as other advisories.

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Thanks for the points and thanks for using EE, ~Ray
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Thanks for the points and thanks for using EE, ~Ray

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Hello,<br />
<br />
I need to use preg_match('REGEX', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) to report true when the following is true:<br />
The REQUEST_URI string contains */clients/<br />
[a-zA-Z0-9].php*<br />
<br />
Where * is an infinite wildcard. The point is that it only matches URLs where it is a .php file in the /clients directory being accessed.<br />
<br />
What is the proper REGEX value?<br />
<br />
Thank you
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Hello,

I need to use preg_match('REGEX', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) to report true when the following is true:
The REQUEST_URI string contains */clients/
[a-zA-Z0-9].php*

Where * is an infinite wildcard. The point is that it only matches URLs where it is a .php file in the /clients directory being accessed.

What is the proper REGEX value?

Thank you

Regex for URL

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Regular Expressions

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