Re: getting part of a string

That worked like a charm. thanks a lot "Ulf Sundin" <majikthse@spray.se> wrote in message news:20030709043139.46616.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > try basename(). then just cut the extention with substr($string, 0, -4) (-4 > if the extention is 4 characters i.e. .gif) > > Regards > Ulf > > > "Micah Montoy" <montmica@isu.edu> skrev i meddelandet > news:20030709041817.33748.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Anyone have a sure way of grabbing just the file name from a string that > > looks like this: > > > > C:/Documents and Settings/Bobo the Bugbear/My Documents/My Pictures/1.gif > > > > I would like to pull off, just the name "1.gif" or even better just > > "1" > > without the extension. > > > > I've been working on: > > > > $filevalue = str_replace("\\\\", "/", $filevalue); > > > > $parts = explode("/",$filevalue); > > $file_name = $parts[count($parts)]; > > > > but with no luck. > > > > thanks > > > > > >