Strip http:// from search

[Geoserv]

I have a search function on my site that allows people to search keywords or urls.

I want to remove the "http://" when people do a search for a url leaving it www.something.com

I have figured out it will be something like:

return ereg_replace("(https?)://", "", $url); 

But i am not 100% sure and no matter where I put it in my code, it doesn't work.

Can anyone shed some light on how to do this?

I have attached the php file that controls the search functions for my site in case you would like to see it.

Thanks,

Geoserv.

[Cups]

$url = 'http://website.com' ;

$subject=  ereg_replace("(https?)://", "", $url);

echo $subject ;

Just assign it to another variable

[Geoserv]

@Cups, thanks for taking the time to look and reply.

I am having difficulty with where to apply the function, like I said, no matter where I place it, it doesn't seem to do anything.


Geoserv.

[Cups]

I spent a few mins looking at it, and the closest place I can see where it would be used is in this function:

    function explode_search($search_field, $words){
        $sq = '';

        foreach(explode(' ',$words) as $v){

// $v should be a word, so strip off the http:// part

            $sq .= $search_field . " LIKE '%".trim($v)."%' OR ";

        }

        return substr ( $sq, 0, -4 );
    } 

Why not just filter it out before evoking this class? You know where the user is filling in the form, and you know where you are evoking the class ...

[Geoserv]

I have tried assigning something to $v, but probably not soing it right.

    function explode_search($search_field, $words){
        $sq = '';
        $v = ereg_replace("(https?)://", "", $url);
        echo $v ;
        foreach(explode(' ',$words) as $v){
            $sq .= $search_field . " LIKE '%".trim($v)."%' OR ";
        }
        return substr ( $sq, 0, -4 );
    } 

But that doesn't effect the search result in the way I am looking for.

Looks like this is above my head.


Geoserv.

[joebert]

function explode_search($search_field, $words){
        $sq = '';

        foreach(explode(' ', preg_replace('#https?://#i', '', $words)) as $v){