Simple String error

[gibigbig]

I have a string:

$string = 'this/is/a/directory/image_id5_XX.jpg';

 

the XX can be any two numbers, i need a pice of code that will display the above string exactly REGARDLESS of those two numbers XX

 

please help me ><

[radar]

since thats a string and the numbers will be changing (from the sounds of it) a simple echo should display the data.

[gibigbig]

no you misunderstood me

 

ok there are these files in a directory:

 

 

file_id1_98.jpg

 

file_id2_43.jpg

 

file_id3_22.jpg

 

file_id4_11.jpg

 

 

 

i have the id from another variable $id.

i want to display the image where $id = the id from the image name regardless of the XX number

 

echo '<img src="dir/file_id'.$id.'_XX" />'; 

 

i dont know what to put in XX in the above php box so that the script will output the image with the desired id set in $id

[kenrbnsn]

Is there only one file per file_id? If so, I would use the glob function to get the file to display:

<?php
list($file) = glob('dir/file_id' . $id . '_' . * . '.jpg');
echo '<img src="$file" />';
?>

 

Note: not tested

 

Ken

[gibigbig]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '*' in /filexxxx

on line 97

 

 

 

i replaced my real file name and its dir with filexxxx for security

[radar]

I do believe the star doesnt belong outside of quotes as it is not a string so remove the ' . and . ' before and after the * respectively and give it a try again.

[gibigbig]

its ok guys i fixed it myself

seems this mystery number was the "avatar revision" number which is stored in the database in the user table. thanks for your quick responses. <3 phpfreaks.com