[Resolved] [Resolved] [Resolved] help parsing a string

[zdislaw]

Using $REQUEST_URI; I have the following string that I want to parse:

main/index2.php?page=recipe_applepie

I want to pull out anything between "=" and "_" (in this case, "recipe") and assign a variable that value.

Basically, I want to end up with:

$category = ("recipe");

TIA for any help!

Tim

[stolzyboy]

<?
$var = "main/index2.php?page=recipe_applepie";
$pos = strpos($var, "=");
$var = substr_replace($var, "", 0, $pos + 1);
$pos = strpos($var, "_");
$var = substr_replace($var, "", $pos);
echo $var;
?>

[zdislaw]

Works great. Thank you very much. If you feel like telling me how to take the string beyond the "=" even if there is no "_" (e.g. "?page=recipe") then by all means do! Otherwise I'll track it down. You certainly got me started in just exactly the right direction. Thanks again.