Help parsing a string with PHP

[BulletzBill]

Hello,

 

I need helping parsing a string which contains a timestamp that I need. Here is an example of the format:

 

22/1208735244_dig_apple.jpg

 

The "1208735244" is what i need parsed into a $timestamp variable. So I need to grab all the characters after the forward slash and before the first underscore.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[dptr1988]

You can try regular expressions, but there are easier ways to do it.

 

Try this:

<?php

$name = "22/1208735244_dig_apple.jpg";
$start = strpos($name, '/') + 1;
$end = strpos($name, '_');
$timestamp = substr($name, $start, $end - $start);
?>

 

I'm not sure if the $start and $end indices are exactly correct, you may need to adjust them +-1.

 

 

[Fadion]

Regular expressions arent the fastest way, so dptr1988 method should work just fine. If the filename will remain always like that (which i doubt) u can just use substr($name, 3, 10);.

[BulletzBill]

Thanks guys, that worked perfectly.