finding a string with known beginning and end

[ras68]

Hi,

I wanted to know how I can find a substring in a string with only knowing what's on the left and right of the string.

For example: I need to find a string of an image and the image string is:

images/products/3456yt6866.jpg

but I only know that the first part "images/products" and that the last part "jpg".

Is is possible to obtain the entire string?

Thanks,

[NogDog]

You can use preg_match() or preg_match_all(), e.g.:

if(preg_match('#images/products/\S*?jpg#', $string, $matches)
{
   echo $matches[0];
}

(untested)

[ras68]

Thanks NogDog! worked perfectly.