On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 17:35 -0500, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
> On Jun 13, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
> :) Rick's example, but how in your example do we look for a double
> forward slash?
> THX
>
> Karl DeSaulniers
> Design Drumm
> http://designdrumm.com
>
>
You don't look for one, that's the point. The explode() breaks the
string into an array at every occurrence of a '/' character. This will
leave zero length strings in the array if there is a double // (which
wasn't in any given example in this thread that I saw) When you use the
array, just don't do anything with empty elements!
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
