How would i use preg match or replace to change any links posted to my link validation script url?

[Guest Drizzle]

Well basically, Ive seen how myspace and facebook and everything replace links with validation urls, basically i want to be able to make the same kind of effect. Can anyone help me?

[seanybob]

I'd suggest something like so:

out.php

<?php
//cleanse input with some function
$url = clean($_GET['url']);

print"
Note! You clicked a link that is taking you off-site to

$url



To continue, <a href=$url>click here</a>
";

?>

 

Then in your user input that may contain links to outside scripts, do something like:

$usertext = str_replace("http://", "out.php?url=http://", $usertext);

Since, to get a user to click a link that leads out of your domain, it has to have the http (I believe). If they just made a link in a private message something like <a href=mwg.com>click me</a> that would direct them to http://mygame.com/mwg.com

Just for starters. Somebody else will make this more elegant.

[Guest Drizzle]

Thanks it helps a little but not quite what im looking for.

[Zero-Affect]

Well what seany said and with scripts they basically filter the inputs and switch a url with the out.php?url=link simple really could use it on the bbcode praser in MCC.

[Guest Drizzle]

what im trying to get at is like how would i be able to turn the url into an id instead of the regular url?

[Dayo]

the only way i could think of is if you insert a db entry then pull the url off that what tbh is not needed

[a_bertrand]

why would you need an id? And what's really the end goal of it?