[RESOLVED] Finding number of a particular character in a string

[kraigg]

I've been trying to find a solution for this, but my search has been unsuccessful.

I'd like to find a PHP function which counts the number of forward slashes ("/") in a string.

Example 1: The string "var/public_html/website/index.php" should return 3.

Example 2: The string "directory/subdirectory" should return 1.


It seems easy, but I haven't been able to find anything that does this.

[kraigg]

Oops, just answered my own question. Hope this helps someone who might be having a similar problem.


$mypath = ""var/public_html/website/index.php";

$number_of_slashes = substr_count($mypath, "/");

echo "Number of slashes: " . $number_of_slashes;