remove http:// charcters from string 2

[Richey]

hi

i want my users to enter a web address as

http://www.bbc.co.uk

for example not

http://www.bbc.co.uk

if they do enter http:// at the start how can i best remove it before sending the result to the database ?

thanks

I thought of doing something like

left(str, 7)
if str = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://"[/URL] then
a = len(str)
replace str(str, mid(str,8,a-7))

 

[DotNetGnat]

why not just use:

replace(str,"

http://","")

-DNG

 

[Richey]

mmmmmm...........yeah - now why didn't i think of that !

thanks.

 

[DotNetGnat]

juat try it out and let's us know if there are any exceptions for that too work and then we can come up with some string manipulations...

-DNG

 

[Richey]

will do
thanks

 

[vbkris]

>>replace(str,"

http://","")

>>juat try it out and let's us know if there are any exceptions for that too work and then we can come up with some string manipulations...


just one that i can see and that is that replace is case sensitive. there are 2 approaches:
1. Lcase all the items and replace the http://
2. use RegExes


Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[Sheco]

what if they want to use https://

 

[onpnt]

I agree with vbkris and Sheco on the "s" that in any dynamic situation where the value can appear as multiple things RegEx is your best bet. This would be a good starting point to utilize the manipulative and validation powers of Regular Expressions if you have not prior also.