You could extract just that section of the sting (the bit without '&limitsize=' in).
Like so:

$var = substr($var, 0, strlen($var) - strlen("&limitsize="));

Try that, I haven't, lol.

    NogDog wrote:

    I copied and pasted your code, and it worked fine. Perhaps you are outputting the $sprint_user_photo_link variable instead of the $image_url that you save the replaced text in?

    Maybe it's different php code level. I think I have the displays right because I did everything but the '&' and get this output:

    Sprint user photo link after cleanup: http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_26xxx848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrxxx5m8awcUcLo7qL& .

    I'll keep trying.

      What's happens if you only replace the "&" character ?

        If you are bothered, my code worked perfectly.

        $sprint_user_photo_link = 'http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_xxxxb848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrxxJ5m8awcUcLo7qL&limitsize= ';
$image_url = $var = substr(trim($sprint_user_photo_link), 0, strlen($sprint_user_photo_link) - strlen("&limitsize="));

echo $image_url;
// http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_xxxxb848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrxxJ5m8awcUcLo7qL
          suntra wrote:

          What's happens if you only replace the "&" character ?

          code here:

          $image_url = str_replace('limitsize=', '', $sprint_user_photo_link);



echo nl2br(".  \n Sprint user photo link after cleanup:  $image_url   ");






$image_url = str_replace('&', '', $image_url);

//   put in here <---           replace this, with this, in here

echo nl2br(".  \n Sprint user photo link after cleanup #2 for '&':  $image_url   .");

          Output below: --------------------------------------------------------------------

          this is snatch Sprint photo link . Sprint photo link is (before clean) http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_266db848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrJUJ5m8awcUcLo7qL&limitsize= .

          ..

          Sprint user photo link after cleanup: http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_266db848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrJUJ5m8awcUcLo7qL& .

          Sprint user photo link after cleanup #2 for '&': http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_266db848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrJUJ5m8awcUcLo7qLamp; .

            Like i said, mine works fine.

            Why mess around when you have something that works?

              rowanparker wrote:

              Like i said, mine works fine.

              Why mess around when you have something that works?

              Rowan, Thanks but
              It didn't work for me. Unless there's some other mistake I'm missing.

              $image_url = $var = substr(trim($sprint_user_photo_link), 0, strlen($sprint_user_photo_link) - strlen("&limitsize=")); 

echo nl2br(".  \n Sprint user photo link after cleanup:  $image_url   ");

              output:

              Sprint user photo link after cleanup: http://pictures.sprintpcs.com//mmps/RECIPIENT/001_266db848d2ff0ca3_1/2.2?inviteToken=NEqrJUJ5m8awcUcLo7qL&

              This is approaching 'bug' territory. It found it and replaced it but ignored the '&'.

              In some doc I'm seeing (and it also show in my reply before this one) that '&' is sometimes represented by '&amp;'.

              Still researching.

                Try:

                $image_url = $var = substr(trim($sprint_user_photo_link), 0, strlen($sprint_user_photo_link) - strlen("&limitsize=") + 1);

echo nl2br(".  \n Sprint user photo link after cleanup:  $image_url   ");[

                Should work, unless it just does not like your, lol.

                  kansaschuck wrote:

                  ...
                  In some doc I'm seeing (and it also show in my reply before this one) that '&' is sometimes represented by '&amp;'.

                  Still researching.

                  Are you doing a "view source" in your browser to see what is really there, as opposed to just what the browser itself is showing?

                  If it might be "&amp;", you could handle either/or with either of these:

                  $image_url = str_replace(array('&limitsize=', '&amp;limitsize=', '', $sprint_user_photo_link);
// ...or...
$image_url = preg_replace('/&(amp;)?limitsize=/', '', $sprint_user_photo_link);
                    rowanparker wrote:

                    Like i said, mine works fine.

                    Why mess around when you have something that works?

                    this worked for me.

                    $image_url = str_replace('&amp;limitsize=', '', $sprint_user_photo_link);

                    whacha think?

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