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  • andyau
    #1

    trim filename from a string

    I am receiving a string which has in it a full path of the file the
    user entered in a previous form. I would like to trim just the file
    name from this string.
    So rather than having users/andy/images/image.jpg I insert only
    image.jpg in to my database table.

    I am receiving this as a string not as a multipart form submit the
    file has already been placed on the server by this stage.

    Thank you in advance for any help.

    Cheers
    Andy
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    • Lars Eighner
      #2
      Re: trim filename from a string

      In our last episode,
      <64a6e4c0-de94-4db5-ab67-01c955eb1442@q2 7g2000prf.googl egroups.com>,
      the lovely and talented andyau
      broadcast on comp.lang.php:
      I am receiving a string which has in it a full path of the file the
      user entered in a previous form. I would like to trim just the file
      name from this string.
      So rather than having users/andy/images/image.jpg I insert only
      image.jpg in to my database table.
      see pathinfo() in the manual.
      I am receiving this as a string not as a multipart form submit the
      file has already been placed on the server by this stage.
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      Lars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/usenet@larseigh ner.com
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        • Krustov
          #3
          Re: trim filename from a string

          <comp.lang.ph p>
          <andyau>
          <Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:45:26 -0700 (PDT)>
          <64a6e4c0-de94-4db5-ab67-01c955eb1442@q2 7g2000prf.googl egroups.com>
          I am receiving a string which has in it a full path of the file the
          user entered in a previous form. I would like to trim just the file
          name from this string.
          So rather than having users/andy/images/image.jpg I insert only
          image.jpg in to my database table
          >
          <?php $temp=basename( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>


          --
          https://www.krustov.co.uk

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            • andyau
              #4
              Re: trim filename from a string

              I currently have

              $photo = basename( $_GET['myfile']['name']);

              also tried $temp=basename( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

              Changing the relevant elements.

              The element that is coming in on the string is myfile and what is
              being inserted into the database is photo.


              On Apr 1, 12:40 pm, Krustov <m...@privacy.n etwrote:
              <comp.lang.ph p>
              <andyau>
              <Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:45:26 -0700 (PDT)>
              <64a6e4c0-de94-4db5-ab67-01c955eb1...@q2 7g2000prf.googl egroups.com>
              >
              I am receiving a string which has in it a full path of the file the
              user entered in a previous form. I would like to trim just the file
              name from this string.
              So rather than having users/andy/images/image.jpg I insert only
              image.jpg in to my database table
              >
              <?php $temp=basename( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>
              >
              --www.krustov.co. uk

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