Find Word Which comes first in php - php

Question

I have 2 words like %sku% and %any% that will be used in the sites url structure.
This data will be saved in a database and I need to find out which comes first.
E.g.
In the below url %sku% comes first
http://example.com/%sku%/product/%any%
While in the below url %any% comes first
http://example.com/%any%/product/%sku%
Furthermore I cant be sure that the structure will be consistent it could be like any of the below:
http://example.com/%sku%/product/%any%
http://example.com/%any%/product/%sku%
http://example.com/%any%/%sku%
http://example.com/product/%sku%
http://example.com/product/%any%
I want to check which comes first and which comes last.. but %sku% and%any%` are defined by me.. so i can be 100% sure that those tags are going to be used.

Answer 1

The following code will return the first and last occurring items from a designated $attributes array.
$string = 'http://example.com/%sku%/product/%any%';
// values to check for
$attributes = ['%sku%', '%any%'];
$results = array();
foreach($attributes as $attribute)
{
// Get position of attribute in uri string
$pos = strpos($string, $attribute);
// if it exists we add it to the array with the position
if($pos)
{
$results[$attribute] = $pos;
}
}
// Get the first occuring attribute
$firstOccuringAttribute = array_search( min($results), $results);
// Get the last occuring attribute
$lastOccuringAttribute = array_search( max($results), $results);
This could be refactored into something a bit more readable:
$uri = 'http://example.com/%sku%/product/%any%';
$attributes = ['%sku%', '%any%'];
$lastAttribute = getLastAttribute($uri, $attributes);
$firstAttribute = getFirstAttribtue($uri, $attributes);
function getAttributeWeighting($uri, $attributes)
{
$results = array();
foreach($attributes as $attribute)
{
$pos = strpos($uri, $attribute);
if($pos)
{
$results[$attribute] = $pos;
}
}
return $results;
}
function getFirstAttribute($uri, $attributes)
{
$attributeWeighting = getAttributeWeighting($uri, $attributes);
return array_search( min($attributeWeighting), $attributeWeighting);
}
function getLastAttribute($uri, $attributes)
{
$attributeWeighting = getAttributeWeighting($uri, $attributes);
return array_search( max($attributeWeighting), $attributeWeighting);
}

Answer 2

Just use strpos
something like:
$URL = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
$posOfSku=strlen($URL);
$posOfAny=strlen($URL);
if(strpos($URL ,'%sku%') !== false) {
$posOfSku = strpos($URL ,'%sku%');
}
if(strpos($URL ,'%any%') !== false) {
$posOfAny= strpos($URL ,'%any%');
}
$result = ($posOfAny < $posOfSku) ? 'any came 1st' : 'sku came 1st';
echo $result;