dk4210 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Hello guys, I want to remove part of a string and convert it to a var instead of echoing it out.. How would I do it.. $string = "temp_photo/testing.jpg"; I want to remove temp_photo so the out put should be $filename2 = testing.jpg Please advise.. Thanks, Dan Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/218312-removing-part-of-a-string/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
micah1701 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 there are several ways to do this. in this case, I'd do something like: <?php $string = "temp_photo/testing.jpg"; $string_parts = explode("/",$string); filename2 = array_pop($string_parts); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/218312-removing-part-of-a-string/#findComment-1132723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 One way of doing this is would be to use basename: <?php $string = "temp_photo/testing.jpg"; $filename2 = basename($string); echo $filename2; ?> Ken Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/218312-removing-part-of-a-string/#findComment-1132724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk4210 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Perfect!!!Thanks for your help ken! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/218312-removing-part-of-a-string/#findComment-1132730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk4210 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Thank you too micah1701 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/218312-removing-part-of-a-string/#findComment-1132731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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