Quick Question

[K0rnfl4k3]

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

[Omlett]

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

[K0rnfl4k3]

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

[TEMPTii]

There's probably a getstringbetween function out there somewhere.

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

[K0rnfl4k3]

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

[TEMPTii]

<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=2011306">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.