How to get the last path in the url ?

Question

Hi, I would like get the last path segment in a URL:

• http://blabla/bla/wce/news.php or
• http://blabla/blablabla/dut2a/news.php

For example, in these two URLs, I want to get the path segment: 'wce', and 'dut2a'.

I try to use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], but I get the whole URL path.

Answer 1

use explode function

Answer 2

Try:

$url = 'http://blabla/blablabla/dut2a/news.php';
$tokens = explode('/', $url);
echo $tokens[sizeof($tokens)-2];

Assuming $tokens has at least 2 elements.

Answer 3

$arr =  explode("/", $uri);

Answer 4

Try this:

     function getLastPathSegment($url) {
        $path = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH); // to get the path from a whole URL
        $pathTrimmed = trim($path, '/'); // normalise with no leading or trailing slash
        $pathTokens = explode('/', $pathTrimmed); // get segments delimited by a slash

        if (substr($path, -1) !== '/') {
            array_pop($pathTokens);
        }
        return end($pathTokens); // get the last segment
   }

    echo getLastPathSegment($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

I've also tested it with a few URLs from the comments. I'm going to have to assume that all paths end with a slash, because I can not identify if /bob is a directory or a file. This will assume it is a file unless it has a trailing slash too.

echo getLastPathSegment('http://server.com/bla/wce/news.php'); // wce

echo getLastPathSegment('http://server.com/bla/wce/'); // wce

echo getLastPathSegment('http://server.com/bla/wce'); // bla

Answer 5

Try this:

 $parts = explode('/', 'your_url_here');
 $last = end($parts);

Answer 6

it is easy

<?php
 echo basename(dirname($url));
?>