RE: [PHP] End slash, small problem.

substr() http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Regards -M -----Original Message----- From: Ryan A [mailto:ryan@coinpass.com] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:23 PM To: php@crazyted.com Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] End slash, small problem. Hi, Thanks for replying. Basically after that path I am adding a file "ryanFile.php" so I need that ending slash to always be in the path My question was exactly that...how do I "grab" the last character? Thanks, -Ryan On 1/3/2004 2:14:10 AM, Mike Brum (php@crazyted.com) wrote: > Do you want code to be handled differently if it's there or do you > want it to be a certain way (e.g. always with trailing slash or never > w/ trailing slash)? > > If you want it to always be a certain way, why not grab the last > character of the path, check if it's a slash and then if it's not how > you want it to be, either add the slash or remove it accordingly and > then proceed with your > logic. > > This will keep your code more precise as you're always acting on a > path of a certain format and you can do your check before that code is > executed. > > Regards > -M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan A [mailto:ryan@coinpass.com] > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:08 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] End slash, small problem. > > Hi, > Small problem, I am asking my users to enter a path for something in a > textbox.. > eg: > /home/blah/something > > am confused as to how I can see if the entered path has an ending > slash, if it has a end slash: > $hasSlash=1 else $hasSlash=0 > > then i can carry on with my output... > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > -Ryan > > -- > PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php