Check if URL has an exact string with PHP

Question

I've tried the following:

$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];


if (strpos($url,'car') !== false) {
    echo 'Car exists.';
} else {
    echo 'No cars.';
}

However if the url contains the word "care" or "car2" it will also trigger "Car Exists". How do I get a match if only "car" is found?

Possible duplicate of [Regex to check if exact string exists](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2824291/regex-to-check-if-exact-string-exists) — Wiktor Stribiżew, Oct 20 '16 at 13:48
Thanks, Wiktor, but how would I apply that solution to my example? — cormac, Oct 20 '16 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '16 at 10:32

0

Change

if (strpos($url,'car') !== false) {

into

if (preg_match('/\bcar\b', $url) !== 0) {

Basically, you search for word car with no other alphanumeric surrounding it.

Hope this helps!

answered Dec 15 '16 at 10:32

srifqi

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