exploding a string with variable

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I'm trying to manipulate a path to an image using php. The path has a variable userdirectory in it, so i'm struggling with how to write this.

Ive used to do :

$texthtml = $content;
if (preg_match('/<img.+src=[\'"](?P<src>.+?)[\'"].*>/i', $texthtml, $image) ) {
$promopic = $image['src'];
}

to find if there is an image in my content and make a variable out of it. that works, but i need to alter my code to load image from a thumbnail directory for pageload reasons.

an image src looks like this : "/uploads/userdirs/admin(variable)/image.jpg"

But i want it to be this :

"/uploads/userdirs/admin(variable)/mcith/mcith_image.jpg"

adding a /mcith/ and a mcith_prefix to the image. I'm thinking exploding it, but i dont know how to do that with a variable path. Any pointers greatly appreciated!

@Dotmister Please avoid comments like this. They serve only to create noise. — Sampson, Apr 20 '12 at 12:53
@Havihavi Do you want to *explode* (meaning break into parts resulting in an array) the string, or merely *replace* some of its content to result in a new string? — Sampson, Apr 20 '12 at 12:54
i thought of using str_replace or explode to get a new string with the desired value. but i wouldnt know how to, as the /admin/ path is variable — Havihavi, Apr 20 '12 at 12:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '12 at 12:57

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You can do this many different ways, but I would probably use pathinfo() for this:

$path = pathinfo($promopic);
$thumb = $path['dirname'] . '/mcith/mcith_' . $path['basename'];

answered Apr 20 '12 at 12:57

FtDRbwLXw6

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Worked great! i gotta read up on pathinfo. awesome stuff, thank you =) – Havihavi Apr 20 '12 at 13:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '12 at 12:52

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very simple version, could use improvement

preg_replace('/\/([a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4})$/', '/mcith/mcith_$1', '/uploads/userdirs/admin(variable)/image.jpg');

answered Apr 20 '12 at 12:52

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exploding a string with variable

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