Hey

[Owen]

I am currently making a gallery and have come a long way.

What I want to do now is:
$title=$name

where $name is file-with-dashes.jpg

Now I want $title to be $name with dashes replaced with spaces and .jpg removed.

I have shortened text before but never chopped off the ending...

[NTLDR]

PHP Code:

$title = substr(str_replace('-', ' ', $name), 0, -4); 


Should do it.

[Owen]

thanks man! I'll post a link to the gallery here once it's done.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

PHP Code:

$title = substr(str_replace('-', ' ', $name), 0, -4); 


Should do it.

I'm curious, what is the 0 and the -4 in this code for?

[NTLDR]

The 0 is the start position and the -4 is the end position, ie chop 4 characters off the end.

http://uk.php.net/substr

[Boofo]

Oh, ok, you mean like chop off the .jpg or .gif?

[NTLDR]

Yep

[Boofo]

Thanks! See? Even an old dog can learn new tricks.

[Owen]

What if I want to display the first word that comes before a dash?

like:
file-with-dashes.jpg = file

[NTLDR]

PHP Code:

$parts = explode('-', $name);
$file = $parts[0];