How to get specific substring digit from string using php?

Question

$fileName = "Backup_1486874341.tar.gz"

Here is my file name. How can i get only timestamp from that file name Like 1486874341

[extract numbers from a string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6278296/extract-numbers-from-a-string) — Rizier123, Feb 12 '17 at 12:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '17 at 12:14

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Use simple regex in preg_match() to select target digit in file name.

$fileName = "Backup_1486874341.tar.gz";
preg_match("/_(\d+)./", $fileName, $matches);
echo $matches[1];

See result in demo

answered Feb 12 '17 at 12:14

Mohammad

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 12 '17 at 12:15

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Here is the sample snippet:

<?php

$str = 'Backup_1486874341.tar.gz';
preg_match_all('!\d+!', $str, $matches);
print_r($matches[0][0]);

?>

answered Feb 12 '17 at 12:15

Yaman Jain

2 Answers2