note 103191 modified in function.strrchr by danbrown
| From: | danbrown@php.net | Date: | Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:19:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 103191 modified in function.strrchr by danbrown | ||
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<?php
/**
* Removes the preceeding or proceeding portion of a string
* relative to the last occurrence of the specified character.
* The character selected may be retained or discarded.
*
* Example usage:
* <code>
* $example = 'http://example.com/path/file.php';
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'left', true);
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'left', false);
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'right', true);
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'right', false);
* foreach($cwd_relative as $string) {
* echo "$string <br>".PHP_EOL;
* }
* </code>
*
* Outputs:
* <code>
* http://example.com/path/
* http://example.com/path
* /file.php
* file.php
* </code>
*
* @param string $character the character to search for.
* @param string $string the string to search through.
* @param string $side determines whether text to the left or the right of the character is
returned.
* Options are: left, or right.
* @param bool $keep_character determines whether or not to keep the character.
* Options are: true, or false.
* @return string
*/
function cut_string_using_last($character, $string, $side, $keep_character=true) {
$offset = ($keep_character ? 1 : 0);
$whole_length = strlen($string);
$right_length = (strlen(strrchr($string, $character)) - 1);
$left_length = ($whole_length - $right_length - 1);
switch($side) {
case 'left':
$piece = substr($string, 0, ($left_length + $offset));
break;
case 'right':
$start = (0 - ($right_length + $offset));
$piece = substr($string, $start);
break;
default:
$piece = false;
break;
}
return($piece);
}
?>
--was--
<?php
/**
* Removes the preceeding or proceeding portion of a string
* relative to the last occurrence of the specified character.
* The character selected may be retained or discarded.
*
* Example usage:
* <code>
* $example = 'http://somesite.com/path/file.php';
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'left', true);
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'left', false);
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'right', true);
* $cwd_relative[] = cut_string_using_last('/', $example, 'right', false);
* foreach($cwd_relative as $string) {
* echo "$string <br>".PHP_EOL;
* }
* </code>
*
* Outputs:
* <code>
* http://somesite.com/path/
* http://somesite.com/path
* /file.php
* file.php
* </code>
*
* @param string $character the character to search for.
* @param string $string the string to search through.
* @param string $side determines whether text to the left or the right of the character is
returned.
* Options are: left, or right.
* @param bool $keep_character determines whether or not to keep the character.
* Options are: true, or false.
* @return string
*/
function cut_string_using_last($character, $string, $side, $keep_character=true) {
$offset = ($keep_character ? 1 : 0);
$whole_length = strlen($string);
$right_length = (strlen(strrchr($string, $character)) - 1);
$left_length = ($whole_length - $right_length - 1);
switch($side) {
case 'left':
$piece = substr($string, 0, ($left_length + $offset));
break;
case 'right':
$start = (0 - ($right_length + $offset));
$piece = substr($string, $start);
break;
default:
$piece = false;
break;
}
return($piece);
}
?>
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strrchr.php