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flatearthcomms on 05/10/09


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STRIP CURRENT URL OF ARBITRARY FOLDERS AND NAME ANCHOR

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Useful for comparing file path when developing on different test sites, leaves just file name, also strips named anchors from end

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  1. // REPLACE FOLDERS WITH NOTHING
  2. // str_replace(find_this, replace_with_this, string_to_search );
  3. // This strips folder names from the path
  4. $me = str_replace("/acme/project/090331/", "", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] );
  5. //$me = ereg_replace ( find_this, replace_with_this, string_to_search );
  6. // This strips #anything from end of url
  7. $me = ereg_replace ( "#(.*)", "", $me );

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Posted By: Vordreller on May 12, 2009

Be carefull when PHP6 hits, because then this won't work anymore.

The "ereg" regular expression library will be removed from the main build and turned into an extension. The "preg" regex library is recommended.

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