On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 17:27 -0500, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
> On Jun 13, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 18:13 -0400, Rick Dwyer wrote:
> >
> >> Hello List.
> >>
> >> I need to parse the PATH portion of URL. I have assigned the path
> >> portion to a variable using the following:
> >>
> >> $thepath = parse_url($url);
> >>
> >>
> >> Now I need to break each portion of the path down into its own
> >> variable. The problem is, the path can vary considerably as follows:
> >>
> >> /mydirectory/mysubdirectory/anothersubdirectory/mypage.php
> >>
> >> vs.
> >>
> >> /mydirectory/mypage.php
> >>
> >> How do I get the either of the above url paths broken out so the
> >> variables equal the following
> >>
> >> $dir1 = mydirectory
> >> $dir2 = mysubdirectory
> >> $dir3 = anothersubdirectory
> >> $page = mypage.php
> >>
> >> ...etc... if there were 5 more subdirectories... they would be
> >> dynamically assigned to a variable.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >>
> >> --Rick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > $filename = basename($path);
> > $parts = explode('/', $path);
> > $directories = array_pop($parts);
> >
> > Now you have your directories in the $directories array and the
> > filename
> > in $filename.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
>
>
> Hi Ash,
> What about the "//" in the beginning?
>
>
> Karl DeSaulniers
> Design Drumm
> http://designdrumm.com
>
>
As your example string didn't have a double slash I didn't write code
for that, but it's easy enough to remove 0-length strings from the
$directories array.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
