seperate prob

viveleroi0

I have a database that has a field with information like this in it:

a href='images.php?File=/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg'>
<img src='/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg' border='0' align='left' height='100' width='100'></a>

How can I extract the ?File=/Jazz/Vintage text from that text string? That whole block of text will be coming from the field and I can't just use the $File variable. I need to extract it from that whole block. How would I do that?

viveleroi0

anyone have a clue?

sarahk

I saw this first time round and expected one of the ereg experts to get back to you.

They didn't so here I am!

My first comment is why do you store html rather than jus the file name and path and build the html later, that would be more versatile.

Anyway you're not...

$img = "<a href='images.php?File=/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg'> 
<img src='/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg' border='0' align='left' height='100' width='100'></a>";
$startPos = strpos("?", $img);
$endPos = strpos("'>", $img);
$fileName = substr($img, $startPos, $endPos);
echo $fileName;

I typed this in cold so check my syntax, that I have the parameters in strpos() round the right way etc.

viveleroi0

anyone know why this isn't working? I cant figure it out!

sarahk

repost your code and show how you've debugged it and the results.

viveleroi0

$FileSource="<a href='images.php?File=/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg'>
<img src='/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg' border='0' align='left' height='100' width='100'></a>";

$startPos=strpos("?", $FileSource);
$endPos=strpos("'>", $FileSource);
$FilePath=substr($FileSource, $startPos, $endPos);

echo"$FileSource<br />$FilePath";

it never produces any errors, it just displays a the image, but not the path. I want it show what lies after the ? and before the '>., which would be:

File=/Jazz/Vintage/tigereyepin.jpg