Question

I have a problem with the function str_replace(). I have this code:

$headImageName = "C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.3.1\www\realitka/headImages/hImageMini4e7b5a6ea8c95Pyro.png";

die(var_dump(str_replace("C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.3.1\www\realitka/", "", $headImageName)));

And the result of var_dump is again:

string(88) "C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.3.1\www\realitka/headImages/hImageMini4e7b5bae39148Pyro.png"

Do you have any idea where is the problem?

Answer 1

The \r in a double quoted string has special meaning.

PHP interpret it as carriage return character.

Either use single quotes:

str_replace('C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.3.1\www\realitka/', "", $headImageMiniName)

Or escape all your slashes:

str_replace("C:\\Program Files\\EasyPHP-5.3.3.1\\www\\realitka/", "", $headImageMiniName)

See the list of escape sequences in double-quoted strings.