Remove slash from beginning of string

[JeremyL]

I have a string, "/index.html". I need to return "index.html" without the string. What expression would I use with preg_replace() to accomplish this?

I know the format, I just such at regex.

[eelixduppy]

Maybe this:

$string = "/index.html";
$pattern = "/^\//";
$str = preg_replace($pattern,"",$string);

I'm not that great with Regex either ;)

Good luck!

[Psychopsia]

An alternative is to use basename [us2.php.net] function:

$str = '/index.html';
$str = basename($str);

[JeremyL]

Perfect. Thanks