Strip file path

[swamp]

Hi there, i've got this code:

 

     
           <select name="poster" id="poster">
<?php
     foreach(glob('../../author/*.txt') as $file){ //loop through all .txt files
          $file = substr($file, 0, strrpos($file, '.')); //strip the .txt extension
          echo "<option value='{$file}'>{$file}</option>"; //print the option
     }
     ?> 
    </select> 

 

Which lists all the file names into the form drop down menu. I want to strip the file name at the moment its displaying '../../author/file_here' but I want it to just display 'file_here'

 

I'm sure this is easy enough to do, I've tried exploding the '/' but couldnt get my head round it really.

 

Any help appreciated!

 

Cheers

[Fadion]

There may be better methods to do this, probably regular expressions, but i'm giving you a working code with string manipulation.

 

<?php
foreach(glob('../../author/*.txt') as $file){
     $file = substr($file, strrpos($file, '/') + 1); //get the position of the last / and remove what's before it
     $file = substr($file, 0, strrpos($file, '.')); //get the position of the last dot and remove what's after it
     echo "<option value='{$file}'>{$file}</option>";
} 
?>

[ahowell]

<?php

foreach (glob('../../author/*.txt') as $file){
    $fileParts = pathinfo($file);
    echo "<option value='{$fileParts['filename']}'>{$fileParts['filename']}</option>";
} 

[trq]

<?php

foreach (glob('../../author/*.txt') as $file){
  $file = str_replace('.txt','',basename($file));
  echo "<option value='$file'>$file</option>";
}

?>

[dennismonsewicz]

you could simply use explode to accomplish this

 

$file = explode(".", basename($file));

 

this will now place your entire file name (with the extension) in an array

 

so to access just the extension you would call it like this:

 

echo $file[1];

 

for the filename like this

 

echo $file[0];