note 27931 modified in function.substr by jmcastagnetto
| From: | jmcastagnetto@php.net | Date: | Thu, 26 Dec 2002 06:23:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 27931 modified in function.substr by jmcastagnetto | ||
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[Editor's note: for a more flexible and simpler solution, use basename()]
/********************************************
Getting the file name from an address
like http://www.xpto12345.xyz/abc/def/ghi.php
using substr() function
********************************************/
// This procedure only works when the filename
// is at the end of the string
$fn="abc/def/ghi/jkl.php"; // 'where is the filename' string
$a = strlen("$fn");
while ($a>0){
if(substr(substr($fn, $a, strlen($fn)), 0, 1)=="/"){break;}
$b=substr($fn, $a, strlen($fn));
$a=$a-1;
}
print $b;
--was--
/********************************************
Getting the file name from an address
like http://www.xpto12345.xyz/abc/def/ghi.php
using substr() function
********************************************/
// This procedure only works when the filename
// is at the end of the string
$fn="abc/def/ghi/jkl.php"; // 'where is the filename' string
$a = strlen("$fn");
while ($a>0){
if(substr(substr($fn, $a, strlen($fn)), 0, 1)=="/"){break;}
$b=substr($fn, $a, strlen($fn));
$a=$a-1;
}
print $b;
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php