[SOLVED] how to grab certain word from url

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Hi,

 

I need help, i need to grab only a certain name from a url using php but i dont have any idea on how to do this.

example:

http://www.domainname.com/0903/filename.php?id=1

 

i only need to get "0903"

 

hope you could help me with this.

 

thanks so much!

 

[wmguk]

will www.domainname.com always be the same?

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if so,

 

$url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$url = substr("$url", 1, 4);  // returns "0903"
echo $url;

 

Starts after the domainname.com/ and shows the next 4 charactors...

this is on the basis that the code you need is only 4 charactors long

 

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geek way.

<?php

$url="http://www.domainname.com/0903/filename.php?id=1";

if(preg_match_all("/[0-9]{4}/",$url,$matched)){

PRINT_R($matched);
}
?>

 

result

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => 0903
        )

)

 

encase need the variable for anything.

<?php

$url="http://www.domainname.com/0903/filename.php?id=1";

if(preg_match_all("/[0-9]{4}/",$url,$matched)){

$result=$matched[0][0];
}

echo $result;
?>

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Thanks for all the replies.

its working now!