I have dynamic link build from variable :
/Tinkle/Matte/BlackHyper/Black/Gunmetal
How can I remove all text after variable value "BlackHyper" to become:
"/Tinkle/Matte/BlackHyper"
I try rtrim :
$param="BlackHyper";
$str="/Tinkle/Matte/BlackHyper/Black/Gunmetal";
rtrim($str,$param);
No luck , remove some letters....
RTrim doesnt work like this.
You need to do something like this
$pos = strpos($str, $param);
$endpoint = $pos + strlen($param);
$newStr = substr($str,0,$endpoint );
This will create a new string (there might be a bug or two I havent tested it) with all characters up to your param.
Maybe you can use strstr function?
$a = "before/after";
$b = strstr($a, "/",true); // gets text before /
$c = strstr($a, "/"); // gets text after /
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I need help finding something in a variable that isn't always the same, and then put it in another variable.
I know that what I'm looking for has 5 slashes, it starts with steam://joingame/730/ and after the last slash there are 17 numbers.
Edit: It doesn't end with a slash, thats why I need to count 17 numbers after the fifth slash
Assuming what you're looking for looks something like this:
steam://joingame/730/11111111111111/
Then you could use explode() as a simple solution:
$gameId = explode('/', 'steam://joingame/730/11111111111111/');
var_dump($gameId[4]);
or you could use a regex as a more complex solution:
preg_match('|joingame/730/([0-9]+)|', 'steam://joingame/730/11111111111111/', $match);
var_dump($match[1]);
This splits the string into an array then return the last element as the game_id. It doesn't matter how many slashes. It will always return the last one.
$str = 'steam://joingame/730';
$arr = explode("/", $str) ;
$game_id = end($arr);
Following on from what DragonSpirit said
I modified there code so the string can look like
steam://joingame/730/11111111111111
or
steam://joingame/730/11111111111111/
$str = 'steam://joingame/730/11111111111111/';
$rstr = strrev( $str ); // reverses the string so it is now like /1111111111...
if($rstr[0] == "/") // checks if now first (was last ) character is a /
{
$nstr = substr($str, 0, -1); // if so it removes the /
}
else
{
$nstr = $str; // else it dont
}
$arr = explode("/", $nstr) ;
$game_id = end($arr);
Thanks for the help, I've found a solution for the problem. I'm going to post an uncommented version of the code on pastebin, becuase I couldn't get the code saple thing working here.
code
I have a string that looks a little like this, world:region:bash
It divides folder names, so i can create a path for FTP functions.
However, i need at some points to be able to remove the last part of the string, so, for example
I have this world:region:bash
I need to get this world:region
The script wont be able to know what the folder names are, so some how it needs to be able to remove the string after the last colon.
$res=substr($input,0,strrpos($input,':'));
I should probably highlight that strrpos not strpos finds last occurrence of a substring in given string
$tokens = explode(':', $string); // split string on :
array_pop($tokens); // get rid of last element
$newString = implode(':', $tokens); // wrap back
You may want to try something like this:
<?php
$variable = "world:region:bash";
$colpos = strrpos($variable, ":");
$result = substr($variable, 0, $colpos);
echo $result;
?>
Or... if you create a function using this information, you get this:
<?php
function StrRemoveLastPart($string, $delimiter)
{
$lastdelpos = strrpos($string, $delimiter);
$result = substr($string, 0, $lastdelpos);
return $result;
}
$variable = "world:region:bash";
$result = StrRemoveLastPart($variable, ":");
?>
Explode the string, and remove the last element.
If you need the string again, use implode.
$items = array_pop(explode(':', $the_path));
$shotpath = implode(':', $items);
Use regular expression /:[^:]+$/, preg_replace
$s = "world:region:bash";
$p = "/:[^:]+$/";
$r = '';
echo preg_replace($p, $r, $s);
demo
Notice how $ which means string termination, is made use of.
<?php
$string = 'world:region:bash';
$string = implode(':', explode(':', $string, -1));
I've got a string and I'd like to get everything after a certain value. The string always starts off with a set of numbers and then an underscore. I'd like to get the rest of the string after the underscore. So for example if I have the following strings and what I'd like returned:
"123_String" -> "String"
"233718_This_is_a_string" -> "This_is_a_string"
"83_Another Example" -> "Another Example"
How can I go about doing something like this?
The strpos() finds the offset of the underscore, then substr grabs everything from that index plus 1, onwards.
$data = "123_String";
$whatIWant = substr($data, strpos($data, "_") + 1);
echo $whatIWant;
If you also want to check if the underscore character (_) exists in your string before trying to get it, you can use the following:
if (($pos = strpos($data, "_")) !== FALSE) {
$whatIWant = substr($data, $pos+1);
}
strtok is an overlooked function for this sort of thing. It is meant to be quite fast.
$s = '233718_This_is_a_string';
$firstPart = strtok( $s, '_' );
$allTheRest = strtok( '' );
Empty string like this will force the rest of the string to be returned.
NB if there was nothing at all after the '_' you would get a FALSE value for $allTheRest which, as stated in the documentation, must be tested with ===, to distinguish from other falsy values.
Here is the method by using explode:
$text = explode('_', '233718_This_is_a_string', 2)[1]; // Returns This_is_a_string
or:
$text = end((explode('_', '233718_This_is_a_string', 2)));
By specifying 2 for the limit parameter in explode(), it returns array with 2 maximum elements separated by the string delimiter. Returning 2nd element ([1]), will give the rest of string.
Here is another one-liner by using strpos (as suggested by #flu):
$needle = '233718_This_is_a_string';
$text = substr($needle, (strpos($needle, '_') ?: -1) + 1); // Returns This_is_a_string
I use strrchr(). For instance to find the extension of a file I use this function:
$string = 'filename.jpg';
$extension = strrchr( $string, '.'); //returns "jpg"
Another simple way, using strchr() or strstr():
$str = '233718_This_is_a_string';
echo ltrim(strstr($str, '_'), '_'); // This_is_a_string
In your case maybe ltrim() alone will suffice:
echo ltrim($str, '0..9_'); // This_is_a_string
But only if the right part of the string (after _) does not start with numbers, otherwise it will also be trimmed.
if anyone needs to extract the first part of the string then can try,
Query:
$s = "This_is_a_string_233718";
$text = $s."_".substr($s, 0, strrpos($s, "_"));
Output:
This_is_a_string
$string = "233718_This_is_a_string";
$withCharacter = strstr($string, '_'); // "_This_is_a_string"
echo substr($withCharacter, 1); // "This_is_a_string"
In a single statement it would be.
echo substr(strstr("233718_This_is_a_string", '_'), 1); // "This_is_a_string"
If you want to get everything after certain characters and if those characters are located at the beginning of the string, you can use an easier solution like this:
$value = substr( '123_String', strlen( '123_' ) );
echo $value; // String
Use this line to return the string after the symbol or return the original string if the character does not occur:
$newString = substr($string, (strrpos($string, '_') ?: -1) +1);
basically i just want to get all the text after the _ .
i have tried
$productid = split("_",$PagePath, 1);
with no success what is the correct way of doing this?
Use explode instead of split. The result of explode is an array, so use list():
list(,$productid) = explode('_', $PagePath, 2);
Note the third parameter, 2 instead of 1. Using 1 will not split anything. Or, just use preg_replace:
$productid = preg_replace('/^.*?_/', '', $PagePath);
$productId = substr($string, (strpos($PagePath, '_') + 1)); //+1 accounts for the underscore
You could try:
$productidtokens = explode("_",$pagePath, 2);
if(count($productidtokens)>1)
$productid = $productidtokens[1];
Try $productid = explode('_',$PagePath).
If you just intended to take the text after the '_', then get rid the first index in the array created by write : array_shift($productid).
I am trying to extract a substring. I need some help with doing it in PHP.
Here are some sample strings I am working with and the results I need:
home/cat1/subcat2 => home
test/cat2 => test
startpage => startpage
I want to get the string till the first /, but if no / is present, get the whole string.
I tried,
substr($mystring, 0, strpos($mystring, '/'))
I think it says - get the position of / and then get the substring from position 0 to that position.
I don't know how to handle the case where there is no /, without making the statement too big.
Is there a way to handle that case also without making the PHP statement too complex?
The most efficient solution is the strtok function:
strtok($mystring, '/')
NOTE: In case of more than one character to split with the results may not meet your expectations e.g. strtok("somethingtosplit", "to") returns s because it is splitting by any single character from the second argument (in this case o is used).
#friek108 thanks for pointing that out in your comment.
For example:
$mystring = 'home/cat1/subcat2/';
$first = strtok($mystring, '/');
echo $first; // home
and
$mystring = 'home';
$first = strtok($mystring, '/');
echo $first; // home
Use explode()
$arr = explode("/", $string, 2);
$first = $arr[0];
In this case, I'm using the limit parameter to explode so that php won't scan the string any more than what's needed.
$first = explode("/", $string)[0];
What about this :
substr($mystring.'/', 0, strpos($mystring, '/'))
Simply add a '/' to the end of mystring so you can be sure there is at least one ;)
Late is better than never. php has a predefined function for that. here is that good way.
strstr
if you want to get the part before match just set before_needle (3rd parameter) to true
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php
function not_strtok($string, $delimiter)
{
$buffer = strstr($string, $delimiter, true);
if (false === $buffer) {
return $string;
}
return $buffer;
}
var_dump(
not_strtok('st/art/page', '/')
);
One-line version of the accepted answer:
$out=explode("/", $mystring, 2)[0];
Should work in php 5.4+
This is probably the shortest example that came to my mind:
list($first) = explode("/", $mystring);
1) list() will automatically assign string until "/" if delimiter is found
2) if delimiter "/"is not found then the whole string will be assigned
...and if you get really obsessed with performance, you may add extra parameter to explode explode("/", $mystring, 2) which limits maximum of the returned elements.
The function strstr() in PHP 5.3 should do this job.. The third parameter however should be set to true..
But if you're not using 5.3, then the function below should work accurately:
function strbstr( $str, $char, $start=0 ){
if ( isset($str[ $start ]) && $str[$start]!=$char ){
return $str[$start].strbstr( $str, $char, $start+1 );
}
}
I haven't tested it though, but this should work just fine.. And it's pretty fast as well
You can try using a regex like this:
$s = preg_replace('|/.*$|', '', $s);
sometimes, regex are slower though, so if performance is an issue, make sure to benchmark this properly and use an other alternative with substrings if it's more suitable for you.
Using current on explode would ease the process.
$str = current(explode("/", $str, 2));
You could create a helper function to take care of that:
/**
* Return string before needle if it exists.
*
* #param string $str
* #param mixed $needle
* #return string
*/
function str_before($str, $needle)
{
$pos = strpos($str, $needle);
return ($pos !== false) ? substr($str, 0, $pos) : $str;
}
Here's a use case:
$sing = 'My name is Luka. I live on the second floor.';
echo str_before($sing, '.'); // My name is Luka
$arr = explode("/", $string, 2); $first = $arr[0];
This Way is better and more accurate than strtok
because if you wanna get the values before # for example
while the there's no string before # it will give you whats after the sign .
but explode doesnt
$string="kalion/home/public_html";
$newstring=( stristr($string,"/")==FALSE ) ? $string : substr($string,0,stripos($string,"/"));
why not use:
function getwhatiwant($s)
{
$delimiter='/';
$x=strstr($s,$delimiter,true);
return ($x?$x:$s);
}
OR:
function getwhatiwant($s)
{
$delimiter='/';
$t=explode($delimiter, $s);
return ($t[1]?$t[0]:$s);
}