string manipulation

[babyfighter]

For an example, assume this is the string I am dealing with:

N:\NML\Perseus\Photographs\procedure pictures\02-08-02\07 Hardware attaching control panel.JPG

I need to grab the portion of the string that reads "07 Hardware attaching control panel" and store it as a variable. So basically I need to get rid of the file location and the file extension. Is there a quick way to manipulate this string to pull out only the info I need?

Thanks.

[Jay]

Code: Select all

<?
$string = 'N:\NML\Perseus\Photographs\procedure pictures\02-08-02\07 Hardware attaching control panel.JPG';
$values = explode("\\",$string);
list($filename) = explode(".",$values[sizeof($values)-1]);
print $filename;
?>


Note that the string being enclosed in single quotes is not accidental or coincedental. I enclosed it in single quotes otherwise it will parse the '\' as a special character and the script won't work. The rest should be fairly self explanatory.

[babyfighter]

Thanks, Jay. It works great. I guess it's all about using that explode() function.