I am trying to take a string like this:


/php/txtDB/txt-db-api/examples/articles.php

and I need to be able to take 'articles.php' off the end and assign it to a variable.

i looked at rtrim in the PHP.net manual but can't figure out how to use it. any help or direction would be appreciated.

thanks, yug

I am trying to take a string like this:


/php/txtDB/txt-db-api/examples/articles.php

and I need to be able to take 'articles.php' off the end and assign it to a variable.

i looked at rtrim in the PHP.net manual but can't figure out how to use it. any help or direction would be appreciated.

thanks, yug

actually, i need to just take 'articles' out and assign it to a variable.

You need pathinfo (http://php.net/pathinfo) and basename (http://php.net/basename)



$path = '/php/txtDB/txt-db-api/example/articles.php';
$parts = pathinfo($path);
$filename = basename($parts['basename'],'.'.$parts['extention']);

You need pathinfo (http://php.net/pathinfo) and basename (http://php.net/basename)



$path = '/php/txtDB/txt-db-api/example/articles.php';
$parts = pathinfo($path);
$filename = basename($parts['basename'],'.'.$parts['extention']);



great, thanks alot, i'll try it out later:)