[0o0o0]

K this may be hard to explain maybe not.

Say you have in your table a column for Numbers...

column with numbers
1000123
1000234
1000345
1001011

say you need to make a link out of only the last three numbers on each?

like Http://www.bogussite.com/photos/123/1000123.jpg

I got this far... Http://www.bogussite.com/photos/$number/$number.jpg

and it comes up... Http://www.bogussite.com/photos/1000123/1000123.jpg

I need to exclude the first four digits on this link... how do I do it..
so it'll pick up as..

Http://www.bogussite.com/photos/123/1000123.jpg

thanks again if ya can help!

[0o0o0]

theres more...

each number has a product code in front of it..

example..

YZR1000102
HDA1000123
SUZ1000232
KAW1000432

Motorcycle photos is what im trying to pull up.. using an existing OLD filing system of bikes, rather would figure this way out than redo the entire photo files and jpgs.

so dumping off.. KAW1000432 KAW1000 leaving me with ../432/1000432.jpg

thanks for any help...

[jordie]

If you just want the last 3 charcters from the string use:

PHP Code:

$newNum = substr($number, -1, 3); 

Or if you need it to just kill the first 4 numbers use:

PHP Code:

$newNum = substr($number, 4); 

These will both give you the same result at the moment, however if you extend the numbers then the second code will return the last 4 characters. Do you understand me?

[0o0o0]

thats wicked and the speedy reply!!!...

gotta problem tho.. I use the $number elsewhere in the page.

So how would I go about ONLY using your example for the hyperlink

with out effecting $number where its used elsewhere in the product details of the page?


example..
Description:
YZR1000123 Yamaha 1999 exhaust intake..

"see photo" <--- link which is www.bogussite.com/photos/123/1000123.jpg

it effects the description part where YZR1000123 is also shown in the detail info.

Thanks again.

[0o0o0]

Hey is $newnum the new item youve sent me??

then another Identical script using $newnum2

for the second part of the hyperlink?

so.. http://www.bogussite.com/photos/$newnum/$newnumber2.jpg

ya? no? ya do? ya dont? ya do? I should buy a boat!!!! ya dont? ya do?


(sorry saw it in a movie somewhere)

[0o0o0]

Yep exactly as you wrote it! Works great!

I think ive been exceptionally lucky on this board, I type a question, get an answer, and problem solved!

Thanks for your reply.

[FiRe]

PHP Code:

echo "http://www.bogussite.com/photos/".substr($number, -1, 3)."/".$number.".jpg"; 

[0o0o0]

That way works too! thanks guys.

[0o0o0]

spoke to soon...

using ..".substr($number, -1, 3)."/$number.jpg

comes out like this in a link...

../3/1000125.jpg

for some reason it just prints the number 3.

instead of the last 3 numbers 125.

Any ideas?

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Im sure alot of people will find this thread useful as well!

[0o0o0]

Dunno with my setup...

I fixed by just completely taking out the ,3

and changing the -1 to -3


exampled...
..".substr($number, -1, 3)."/$number.jpg

my fix

..".substr($number, -3)."/$number.jpg

Let me know if theres anything unsafe about this.. or potential error down the road.

Thanks!