Get last part of the link

Question

We have a link like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9281910/h1-and-semantic-html5

How do I get the part, which is before the last and after last but one /?

In this example we would get h1-and-semantic-html5

More examples:

From the link http://dribbble.com/highlights/2012/ we get 2012

From http://www.apple.com/iphone/ we get iphone

possible duplicate of [Get Last Part of URL PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7395049/get-last-part-of-url-php) — Gordon, Feb 14 '12 at 18:58

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '12 at 18:37

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basename should provide what you're looking for:

php > echo basename("http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9281910/h1-and-semantic-html5");
h1-and-semantic-html5

php > echo basename("http://dribbble.com/highlights/2012/");
2012

php > echo basename("http://www.apple.com/iphone/");
iphone

Read more about it in the documentation.

answered Feb 14 '12 at 18:37

thetaiko

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You might want to use [`parse_url()`](http://php.net/parse_url) to get the *path* part of the URL, then use `basename()` on that. – salathe Feb 14 '12 at 19:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '12 at 18:37

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$fin = preg_replace('#.*/([^/]+)/?$#', '$1', $whole);

Grab the last portion of non-forward slash characters (potentially followed by a forward slash)

answered Feb 14 '12 at 18:37

Shad

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Get last part of the link

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