gistfile1.php

<?php

//$url['url'] is the URL as saved in urls table, it has * in it
$temp = preg_quote($url['url'], '/');
$temp = str_replace('\\*','(.*?)',$temp); //Replacing * with (.*?)
$urlToMatch = "/^{$temp}$/";  //Adding /^  and $/ to make preg_match work, ^ and $ are important

//Part taken from old code
$page_requesting = remove_last_slash(remove_index_etc(strip_www($page_requesting)));
$basic_page = remove_last_slash(remove_index_etc(strip_www(remove_query_params($page_requesting))));

//RegEx matching code
//$experimentIDs is an array with list of running experiments, its all part of loops and all.. here just simple version


if($url['url_has_query_param'] == 1) {
        //URL has query Params
        if(preg_match($urlToMatch , $page_requesting)) {
                $experimentIDs[] = $url['experiment_id'];
        }
}
elseif($url['url_has_query_param'] == 0) {
        //URL has no query Params
        if(preg_match($urlToMatch , $basic_page)) {
                $experimentIDs[] = $url['experiment_id'];
        }
}
?>