- array_search: documentation ( source)
- preg_split: documentation ( source)
<?php
$url = "http://findadvertisers.linksynergy.com/merchantsearch";
$tok = "?token=";
$merch = "&merchantname=";
$id = "a74fv65abc123";
$name = null;
$absolute = $url . $tok . $id . $merch . $name;
$abs_arr = preg_split("/[:\/\.\?\=\&]+/", $absolute);
$abs_arr_len = sizeof($abs_arr);
$key = array_search(null, $abs_arr);
if ($abs_arr[$abs_arr_len-1] == null) {
print "It's null!\n";
} else {
print "It's not null!";
}
print "{$key} index of arra is {$abs_arr[$abs_arr_len-1]}";
?>