[Resolved] How to delete parts of a string before and after a certain character such as "/&quot

[dougmcc1]

Let's say this is my variable:

$path="/home/username/a/b/c/1/2/3";

How do I remove the value between the 2nd and 3rd slashes (in this case, the username)? I just want to get the value by itself without the slashes on either side.

Thanks in advance.

[leatherback]

Depends a little on how much variation you have in the string. But if it is alway between the 2nd and 3rd slashe you can do an [man]explode()[/man] by slash. Then you have an array holding all the parts between slashes.

otherwise you have to work with regular expresssions, which is quite a hassle if you are not familiar with them.

J.

[dougmcc1]

Thanks, I got it. Here's the code for anyone looking to do the same thing:

$path="/home/username/a/b/c/1/2/3";
$count=0;
$explode_path=explode('/',$path);
foreach($explode_path as $path_section) {
if ($count == 2) {

echo "$path_section<BR>";
} //if
$count++;
} //foreach