RE: [PHP] seeing strange things?

> -----Original Message----- > From: Micah Montoy [mailto:montmica@isu.edu] > Sent: 09 July 2003 01:37 > > A couple more things and I'll stop bugging everyone. I'm > trying to get the > file name of the string. If it includes the extension that's > fine as well. > I thought the code below would do this but its not. > > $filevalue = str_replace("\\\\", "/", $filevalue); > > //get specific file name > $parts = explode("/",$filevalue); > $file_name = $parts[count($parts)]; //line 42 > > Its giving me error: > Notice: Undefined offset: 6 in > c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webpage10\example\u_images\act_load_imgs.ph > p on line 42 This is because count() returns the number of elements in the array, but because the indexes start at zero the highest offset is count($parts)-1 -- so when you try to access element count($parts), PHP throws a wobbly. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211