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) -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/