Shorten code to loop through array?

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Shorten code to loop through array?

Pudsters (TechnicalUser)

(OP)

30 Nov 18 19:42

I'm checking my form fields for links to other websites, if I find more than two I mark as SPAM. Is there a way to simplify this code? Maybe put all of my form fields in an array and loop through it and just write the preg_match code once? I just don't know how to do it!

CODE --> php

if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['name'])) 
		$points += 4;	
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['business']))	
		$points += 1;		
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['address'])) 
		$points += 4;	
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['city']))	
		$points += 4;
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['state'])) 
		$points += 4;	
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['zip']))	
		$points += 4;
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['day_phone'])) 
		$points += 4;	
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['evening_phone']))	
	if(preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|http):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$_POST['comments']))	
		$points += 1;			
			
	// end score assignments

feherke (Programmer) · Answer 1 · 2018-12-01 14:27:13

Hi

Quote (Pudsters)
(...) if I find more than two (...)

Looks like having the same URL in two fields is a problem, but having a dozen URLs in one field is Ok. Is that really your intention ?

I would do it like this, counting for each URL the weight you assigned to the field where was found :

CODE --> PHP

<?php

$weightMap = [
    'name' => 4,
    'business' => 1,
    'address' => 4,
    'city' => 4,
    'state' => 4,
    'zip' => 4,
    'day_phone' => 4,
    'evening_phone' => 4,
    'comments' => 1,
];

$points = 0;
foreach ($weightMap as $field => $weight)
    if (isset($_POST[$field]))
        $points += $weight * preg_match_all('/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i', $_POST[$field]);

var_dump($points);

Feherke.
feherke.github.io

Pudsters (TechnicalUser) · Answer 2 · 2018-12-01 17:46:28

No, not my intention. I have my form add up all scores from urls and from bad or spammy words like Sex, Viagra... And if the score reaches 4 points, the form won't submit and user gets a error message saying Marked as SPAM.

Anyway, this does look much cleaner. I see the reg expression is different than the one I used? Does yours not check for http:
Also can you explain the asterisk before the expression, I'm really trying to learn this.

Thanks and I will try this out.

feherke (Programmer) · Answer 3 · 2018-12-01 18:28:23

Hi

Quote (Pudsters)
Does yours not check for http:

It does. https? means "http" followed by "s" repeated 0 or 1 times. So matches either "http" or "https".

Quote (Pudsters)
Also can you explain the asterisk before the expression

No magic, just arithmetic multiplication.

I use preg_match_all() which returns the number of matches found.

So if $_POST['business'] contains "http://example.com/ is similar to http://example.net/, just like http://example.org/", then preg_match_all() returns 3, so $points gets incremented by the business field's weight of 1 multiplied with 3.

Feherke.
feherke.github.io

Pudsters (TechnicalUser) · Answer 4 · 2018-12-01 19:43:50

RE: Shorten code to loop through array?

Pudsters (TechnicalUser)

(OP)

1 Dec 18 19:43

Awesome, pure genius. Thank you so much.

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