Question

My custom defined protocol (phpfile) lets me open php-files in an editor through the browser. The only problem is, it gives the full url, that is different in each browser, i’ve seen:

• phpfile:/[file]
• phpfile:/[file]/
• phpfile://[file]/
• phpfile://[file]

All these need to be converted to just [file]. The problem is that I get a syntax error. What is the correct syntax?

set var=%1
if("%var:~0,9%"=="phpfile:/")
{
    set url = %var:~9% 
}
else
{
    set url = %var:~10%
}

if(%var:-1,1% == "/")
{
    url = %url:~0,-1%   
}
START "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\NuSphere\PhpED\7.0\phped.exe" url

=== Edit ===
I now have the following, but it is adding “” at the end of the url

SETLOCAL enabledelayedexpansion

set var=%1

if %var:~0,9%=="phpfile:/" (
    set url = %var:~9% 
) else (
    set url = %var:~10%
)

if "%var:~-1%"=="\" (
    set url = %url:~0,-1%"
)
if "%var:~-1%"=="/" (
    set url = %url:~0,-1%"
)

START "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\NuSphere\PhpED\7.0\phped.exe" %url:"=%

Answer 1

There were quite a few problems in your code, this should fix things:

set var="%1"
if %var:~0,9%=="phpfile:/" (
    set url="%var:~9%"
) else (
   set url="%var:~10%"
)

if "%var:-1,1%"=="/" (
    set url="%url:~0,-1%"
)
START "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\NuSphere\PhpED\7.0\phped.exe" url

You can check the syntax of batch file commands using help <command>. IF statements don’t use curly braces, or require round brackets around the conditional statement.