String manipulation

[urtlking2jo]

I am trying to figure out the easiest way to change a string with a concatenated suffix back to the original string.

I add the suffix "_mil" to all account names created from a particular log in form.  For query/storage purposes, I want that suffix included (example: name_mil), but for display purposes, I only want the original user name (example: name).  I only display it in one place, so I don't want to pass it as a session variable to every page.

Can anyone help me with the code it would take to "shorten" the user names back to what the user "thinks" their user name is?  Thanks!

[Caesar]

I suppose one easy way would be...

[code]<?php

  $string = 'name_mil';
  $array = explode("_",$string);

  $name = $array[0];

?>[/code]

[utexas_pjm]

Try this:

[code]
<?php
define('SUFFIX', '_mil');
$username = 'foo' . SUFFIX;
$newStr = substr($username, 0, strlen($username) - strlen(SUFFIX));
?>
[/code]

Best,

Patrick

[urtlking2jo]

Thanks!  Either way should work!