php extract text between nth and nth character

Question

How can I use php to get the sting bewteen the 7th and 8th /

http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/01/england/premier-league/stoke-city-fc/manchester-united-fc/1703889/?ICID=HP_MS_01_01

so the above would grab england

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '16 at 13:14

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Something like:

$url = 'http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/01/england/premier-league/stoke-city-fc/manchester-united-fc/1703889/?ICID=HP_MS_01_01';
$tokens = explode('/', $url);
echo $tokens[7]; // 'england'

PHP docs for explode()

answered Mar 15 '16 at 13:14

Darragh Enright

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 13:13

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php function explode does the exact thing learn more: http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php

answered Mar 15 '16 at 13:13

Amir

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 13:15

Try this:

$n = 7; $m = 8;

$str = "http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/01/england/premier-league/stoke-city-fc/manchester-united-fc/1703889/?ICID=HP_MS_01_01";

$a = explode('/', $str);

echo $a[$n];

Like this, you can get it for any random value of n and m.

Hope this helps.

Peace! xD

php extract text between nth and nth character

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