searching through a string

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If $file_name includes the path
/path/to/file/file_name.pdf
is there anyway of searching from the right hand side to the left and
getting the file name out the $file_name variable? The file name starts
the character following the last /

Ron


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Re: searching through a string

Ron Piggott (PHP) wrote:
> If $file_name includes the path
> /path/to/file/file_name.pdf
> is there anyway of searching from the right hand side to the left and
> getting the file name out the $file_name variable? The file name starts
> the character following the last /

http://www.php.net/pathinfo will do it for you.

If you can guarantee the filename is always on the end, you can use
basename (http://www.php.net/basename)

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Re: searching through a string

Ron Piggott (PHP) wrote:
> If $file_name includes the path
> /path/to/file/file_name.pdf
> is there anyway of searching from the right hand side to the left and
> getting the file name out the $file_name variable? The file name starts
> the character following the last /

this should do it.
$filename=preg_replace('/.*\//','',$filename);

Kae

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