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

PHP String: Exercise-22 with Solution

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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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:

5478631

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.

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