Count Chars and Delete

[clarnp49]

How do I take a string like this:

\manuals\filename.pdf

and delete \manuals\ from it so that I can display filename.pdf

I am looking to edit the filename but don't want to view the \manual when the customer does the updates because the folder doesn't ever change.

Thanks!

[mithra62]

try
<?php
$file_name = "\manuals\filename.pdf";
$file_name = str_replace("\manuals\", $file_name);
?>

[7stud]

$str='\manuals\filename.pdf';
$arr = explode('\\', $str);
echo $arr[count($arr) - 1]; 

[SecondV]

ltrim();

<?php

$str = '\manuals\filename.pdf';
echo ltrim($str, '\\manuals\\');

?>

[SecondV]

try
<?php
$file_name = "\manuals\filename.pdf";
$file_name = str_replace("\manuals\", $file_name);
?>

Btw : Parse error: parse error in ...

Need to escape \

<?php
$file_name = "\manuals\filename.pdf";
$file_name = str_replace("\\manuals\\", $file_name);
?>

[Dan Grossman]

PHP has a function for this, you don't have to write your own code:
http://us2.php.net/basename

[clarnp49]

100000000 points for Dan Grossman!!!!
Thanks! How come I didn't see that in the manual?

[Dan Grossman]

I stumbled across it while browsing image functions for someone else's thread. Ya learn something new every 5 minutes on this forum...