Question

I’m using PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser to grab some values I need.
What I’m trying to do now, is to grab a part of an URL.

This is how the source looks:

<a class="base-header-soldier-link" href="/bf3/soldier/someprofile/stats/123456789/">
  someprofile
</a>

I’m trying to retrieve the value “123456789”, without the rest of the URL.

I’m using this code to retrieve the URL:

foreach($html->find('.base-header-soldier-name a') as $e)
{
    $battlelog_id = $e->href;
}

So basically I want to strip it for the rest of the URL.

The URL can change depending on username, so “someprofile” will be replaced.

Can any of you help me out?

Answer 1

You can do it in a couple of ways the easiest is basename()

<?php 
$url = '/bf3/soldier/someprofile/stats/123456789/';
echo basename($url);//123456789
?>

Or a more robust way is pathinfo()

<?php 
$url = '/bf3/soldier/someprofile/stats/123456789/';
$url_parts = pathinfo($url);
/*
Array
(
    [dirname] => /bf3/soldier/someprofile/stats
    [basename] => 123456789
    [filename] => 123456789
)
*/

echo $url_parts['filename']; //123456789
?>

Or even explode()

<?php 
$url = '/bf3/soldier/someprofile/stats/123456789/';
$url_parts = explode('/', rtrim($url,'/'));

echo end($url_parts);//123456789
?>