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Get the dynamic number after the last "/" of external url


I want to grab the last dynamic numbers of an external URL.

https://data.aboss.com/v1/agency/1001/101010/events/xxxxxx

$url = https://data.aboss.com/v1/agency/1001/101010/events/;
$value = substr($url, strrpos($url, '/') + 1);
value="<?php echo $value; ?>"

result should be xxxxxx.


Solution

  • There are many ways to do this, the simplest one-liner would be to use explode:

    echo explode("/events/", $url)[1];
    

    Or if something may come after 'events/xxxxxx':

    $url = "https://data.aboss.com/v1/agency/1001/101010/events/1524447/other/123456";
    echo explode("/", explode("/events/", $url)[1])[0]; // 1524447
    

    You can also use a regex with preg_match:

    $url = "https://data.aboss.com/v1/agency/1001/101010/events/1524447/other/123456";
    $matches = [];
    preg_match("~/events/(\d+)~", $url, $matches); // captures digits after "/events/"
    echo($matches[1]); // 1524447
    

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