Quick Question

whats the best way to get the user id of any given user with PHP

K0rnfl4k3 wrote:

whats the best way to get the user id of an account from the username?

go to there profile.
the profile id is the same as a user ID
it says it in the url of the profile page

gangsta omlett wrote:

go to there profile.
the profile id is the same as a user ID
it says it in the url of the profile page

i rephrased my question

There's probably a getstringbetween function out there somewhere.

Starting text: http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/
Ending text: /

theres no sure way to get it from the html?
im using get_file_contents to get the profile page at "http://www.gaiaonline.com/p/username"
i know v2 profiles its always hooked to the username in the top right corner,
but how about v1 profiles?

also i do already have the getstringbetween function

<div id="gaia_header">

    <ul id="header_left">

        <li class="spacer"></li>

        <li><a href="/"><img src="http://s.cdn.gaiaonline.com/images/profile/mini_gaialogo.gif" width="47" height="23" alt="Gaia"/></a></li>

        <li><a href="/market/">Shops</a></li>

        <li>| <a href="/forum/">Forums</a></li>

        <li>| <a href="/world/">World</a></li>



        <li>| <a href="/games/">Games</a></li>

    </ul>

    <ul id="header_right">

            <a href="http://www.gaiaonline.com/register/?_gaia_t_=3544" style="text-decoration:none;">

                <img src="http://s.cdn.gaiaonline.com/images/fbconnect/buttons/btn_register_now.png" width="102" height="22" alt="Register Now"/>

                <span style="color:#c67100;margin-right:20px;">Get your own profile/avatar or leave a comment</span>

            </a>



        <li><a href="/profiles/?u=[b][color=red]2011306[/color][/b]">Jasper Riddle</a></li>

            <li>| <a href="/auth/">Sign In</a></li>

    </ul>

</div>

This is a random person's page. They have a V2 profile. That bar at the top has their name and a link to their profile.