note 118921 added to function.preg-replace

A nice and easy way to merge file path strings without worrying about if the path is suffixed with / or the file is prefixed with / is to use preg_replace. There may be a function to get the endpoints, but this will also fixup any garbage in the middle as well. Also...the previous post left out an important character to escape if you want to search for it ... / (slash). function mergepath($rootpath, $suffixpath){ $completepath = $rootpath . "/" . $suffixpath; $completepath = preg_replace('/\/+/', '/',, $completepath); return $completepath; } ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 24.4.60.233 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118921 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118921 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118921 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php