PHP String Exercises: Get the characters after the last '/' in an url

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22. Get Characters After Last '/' in URL

Write a PHP script to get the characters after the last '/' in an url.

Sample URL : 'http://www.example.com/5478631'

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PHP String Exercises: Get the characters after the last '/' in an url

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
$my_url = 'http://www.example.com/5478631';
// Define the URL string.

echo substr($my_url, strrpos($my_url, '/' )+1)."\n";
// Extract the portion of the URL after the last occurrence of '/' and output it.
?>

Output:

Explanation:

The above PHP code snippet extracts the portion of a URL after the last occurrence of the forward slash '/'.

strrpos($my_url, '/') finds the position of the last occurrence of '/' in the URL string $my_url.
substr($my_url, strrpos($my_url, '/') + 1) extracts the substring starting from the position after the last slash to the end of the string.
Finally, it echoes out the extracted portion, which in this case is '5478631', representing the end part of the URL.

Flowchart :

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

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