Is there a way to check for a specific parameter in a url with php?

Question

I am using a package called chatter and managed to include it in my own post. Now I have a table called games, and every time I create a new game, I also add a chatter discussion. That works.

So, on the single game page, I load the details of the game and the chatter discussions as an iframe. Meaning that now I have an HTML inside an HTML. Users are now able to use chatter discussions.

The controller looks pretty much like this:

public function show(Game $game)
{
    // We know this is a game
    // Get the category first
    $category = DB::table('chatter_categories')->whereName('Game')->first();

    // Get the discussion
    // A discussion has many post(s)
    $discussion = DB::table('chatter_discussion')->whereChatterCategoryId($category->id)->first();
                                             //dd($chatter_post);
    return view('games.games', ['game' => $game, 'discussion' => $discussion, 'category' => $category]);
}

Now, in my games.blade I have the following:

<article id="discussion">
    <iframe id="myiframe" src="/forums/discussion/{{ $category->slug }}/{{ $discussion->slug }}" style="height: 800px; width: 100%;" frameborder="0" />
</article>

Chatter default page comes with a header and looks like in the image below:

If I view a game that I create, I also see the chatter discussions for that games as expected:

Question: How can I remove the header section of the chatter discussion only on the games page?

If I simply target the header id directly

div#chatter_header{ 
    display: none;
}

It will remove the heading, but that will also go away if I visit chatter original front end view.

This is when I thought of checking the current page URL and the styling accordingly, but this does not work.

My route for the games look like this:

Route::resource('games', 'GameController');

Try this {{ Request::segment(1) }} // 1 is the URL parameter position. You can change this 2 or whatever. — sadaiMudiNaadhar, Dec 05 '18 at 08:54
Your question seems wrong, since you're asking for a parameter, but you actually mean a path segment (judging by the url you provided). — Borisu, Dec 05 '18 at 10:34

hktang · Answer 1 · 2018-12-06T05:14:32.637

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If you use Laravel, you can do this with URL query parameters:

if ($request->has('forums')) {
    // do stuff here
}

See https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#retrieving-input

In your template, you can use:

@if(app('request')->input('forums'))
   <span>Do stuff</span>
@endif

See: Lumen: get URL parameter in a Blade view

edited Dec 06 '18 at 05:14

answered Dec 05 '18 at 08:44

hktang

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This will check if query string parameter has `forums`. – Sougata Bose Dec 05 '18 at 08:50
@SougataBose You are right. I was assuming the question refers to query string parameters. – hktang Dec 06 '18 at 00:24

Sougata Bose · Answer 2 · 2018-12-05T08:51:54.053

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You can try -

$parse = parse_url('http://domain.local/forums/discussion/game/sidney-game', PHP_URL_PATH);

if (strpos($parse, '/forums/') === 0) {
  // do what needed
}

It will check if the path starts with forums.

edited Dec 05 '18 at 08:51

answered Dec 05 '18 at 08:47

Sougata Bose

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I think you're missing the 2nd parameter in `parse_url` – apokryfos Dec 05 '18 at 08:49
Updated the answer. – Sougata Bose Dec 05 '18 at 08:52

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 05 '18 at 08:46

Try something like this:

$actual_link = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] === 'on' ? "https" : "http") . "://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
$parsedURL = parse_url($actual_link);
parse_str($parsedURL['forums'], $parts);
echo $query['forums'];

Is there a way to check for a specific parameter in a url with php?

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