[SOLVED] string editing..

[Michdd]

If I have a string like 546.gif and I want to remove the .gif part just to display the number, how can I do this?

[wildteen88]

Use substr or use pathinfo

 

$file = '546.gif';

echo substr($file, -4); // returns 546

// OR use the following PHP 5.2.x ONLY
$info = pathinfo($file);
echo $info['filename'];

[Michdd]

Use substr or use pathinfo

 

$file = '546.gif';

echo substr($file, -4); // returns 546

// OR use the following PHP 5.2.x ONLY
$info = pathinfo($file);
echo $info['filename'];

Thanks, I just thought of another way.. I couldn't I just use explode()l and explode by the "."? Then use the first element of the array?

 

Edit: Just to let you know yours does the opposite. It returns ".gif". I used:

 

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

echo $id[0];

[wildteen88]

Yes, that is another way of doing what you want

 

Edit: Just to let you know yours does the opposite. It returns ".gif". I used:

Oh, poo! It should of been

echo substr($file, 0, -4); // returns 546