hi guys, I have a form that uploads an image but must also write the path of the image to db, as it is part of a product. I am using ajax, so I can't post the file type stuff, so I am trying to do this:lets say in the text box there is:C:balaala/balala/image.jpgI am trying to get a function that returns just --image.jpgany ideas??

Use explode(). Have it seperate everytime you see '/' . Then use count() to find out the elements in the array (which for you represents the number of folders). Then take that number and put that into the array ($picupload[$elementscount]) Here are links explaining how to use explode and count:

http://w3schools.com/php/func_string_explode.asp
http://w3schools.com/php/func_array_count.asp

Use explode(). Have it seperate everytime you see '/'

No !
Uses the functions that exists for that task:
http://php.net/basename

basename — Returns filename component of path

that did it! the basename function work perfectly, thanks a lot.