PHP regex to search in the exact given pattern

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i want to give regex a pattern and force it to read it all ..

http://example.com/w/2/1/x/some-12345_x.png

i want to target "some-12345_x"
i used this /\/(.*).png/, it doesnt work for some reason

how do i force it to remember it must start with / and end with .png?

Is regexing for /some-12345_x.png and then substringing to some-12345_xan option? — Rémi Breton
– Rémi Breton, Commented Oct 9, 2012 at 14:12

newfurniturey · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-09 14:17:33Z

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If you always want to get the final file-name, minus the extension, you could use PHP's substr() instead of trying to come up with a regex:

$lastSlash = strrpos($url, '/') + 1;
$name = substr($url, $lastSlash, strrpos($url, '.') - $lastSlash);

Also, a more readable method would be to use PHP's basename():

$filename = basename($url);
$name = substr($filename, 0, strpos($filename, '.'));

To actually use a regex, you could use the following pattern:

.*/([^.]+).png$

To use this with PHP's preg_match():

preg_match('|.*/([^.]+).png$|', $url, $matches);
$name = $matches[1];

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 14:17

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codaddict · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-09 14:15:16Z

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You can do:

^.*/(.*)\.png$

which captures what occurres after the last / till .png at the end.

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 14:15

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SubjectCurio · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-09 14:18:58Z

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You might need to use reg-ex in this situation for a particular reason, but here's an alternative where you don't:

$url = "http://example.com/w/2/1/x/some-12345_x.png";
$value = pathinfo($url);
echo $value['filename'];

output:

some-12345_x

pathinfo() from the manual

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 14:18

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Toto · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-09 14:22:29Z

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How about:

~([^/]+)\.png$~

this will match anything but / until .png at the end of the string.

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 14:22

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