preg_replace help

[Junodixon]

I need some help with preg_replace.

I have some text that looks like this

./files/pdf/something.pdf

and would like the replace it with

something.pdf

 

So how would I remove ./files/pdf/

 

Thanks

Junodixon

[flyhoney]

probably done easier using pathinfo().

 

http://us2.php.net/pathinfo

 

<?php
$path_parts = pathinfo('./files/pdf/something.pdf');
echo $path_parts['basename'];
?>

[DarkWater]

Even easier:

 

$path = "./files/pdf/something.pdf");
$filename = basename($path);

[Junodixon]

Thats not really what I trying to do.

I have a list of them like

./files/pdf/something.pdf

./files/pdf/something1.pdf

./files/pdf/something2.pdf

./files/pdf/something3.pdf

and they are all set up in a variable called $files

and im trying to remove the ./files/pdf/ from everyone of them.

 

[darkfreaks]

you want mod_rewrite in htaccess then that will rewrite the url 

[DarkWater]

Thats not really what I trying to do.

I have a list of them like

./files/pdf/something.pdf

./files/pdf/something1.pdf

./files/pdf/something2.pdf

./files/pdf/something3.pdf

and they are all set up in a variable called $files

and im trying to remove the ./files/pdf/ from everyone of them.

 

How about:

 

<?php
$files = array('./files/pdf/something.pdf',
'./files/pdf/something1.pdf',
'./files/pdf/something2.pdf',
'./files/pdf/something3.pdf');
$files = array_map(create_function('$x', 'return basename($x);'), $files);
print_r($files);

[Junodixon]

Its closer but still not what I'm trying to do. Maybe I'm not explaining it right.

Here is what I'm doing.

I have a page set up where someone can go and select file they want.

It will zip the files and make a link that expires in 24 hours.

It then takes that link and emails it to them along with a list of files they requested.

I'm trying to get it to list the files in that email.

I have got it to list out the files like this.

./files/pdf/something.pdf

./files/pdf/something2.pdf

./files/pdf/something3.pdf

I just want to remove the

./files/pdf/

I have used preg_match to remove the . files and pdf but I still have the //.

If I know how to remove the // I would be set.

Maybe that will help a little.

 

Thanks

Junodixon

[premiso]

The basename should do that for you. But another example would be:

 

<?php
    $filename = "./files/pdf/something.pdf";
    $filename = explode("/", $filename);
    $filename = $filename[count($filename)-1];
    echo $filename;
?>

 

As said above basename should do that without the fuss.