So basically I got links like these
https://dog.example.com/randomgenerated45443444444444
https://turtle.example.com/randomgenerated45443
https://mice.example.com/randomgenerated452
https://monkey.example.com/randomgenerated43232323
https://leopard.example.com/randomgenerated22222222222222222
I was wondering if it was possible to detect the words between https:// and .example.com/ which would be the random animal name. And replace it with "thumbnail". The amount of letters in the animal names and randomgenerated ones always vary in amount of letters in them
You can use a positive lookahead to get to the data you want:
$string = 'https://leopard.example.com/randomgenerated22222222222222222';
$pattern = '/(?=.*\/\/)(.*?)(?=\.)/';
$replacement = 'thumbnail';
$foo = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
$protocol = 'https://';
echo $protocol . $foo;
returns
https://thumbnail.example.com/randomgenerated22222222222222222
Explanation of the regex:
Positive Lookahead (?=.*\/\/)
Assert that the Regex below matches
.* matches any character (except for line terminators)
* Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
\/ matches the character / literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / literally (case sensitive)
1st Capturing Group (.*?)
.*? matches any character (except for line terminators)
*? Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as few times as possible, expanding as needed (lazy)
Positive Lookahead (?=\.)
Assert that the Regex below matches
\. matches the character . literally (case sensitive)
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