note 27931 modified in function.substr by jmcastagnetto

The code below is an alternative to the basename() function in PHP, and it is here to illustrate the use of the substr() function. /******************************************** 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-- The code below is an alternative to the basname() function in PHP, and it is here to illustrate the use of the substr() function. /******************************************** 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