Parsing a String - I need the last few characters only. How?

[multimediocrity]

I have a string, let's say:

This is string #4455

I want to take this string and only show the "4455" at the end. Is there any way I can cut this string from the end until it touches the # sign? I suppose you can say I'm using the octothorpe as my delimiter. How would I do this?

Thanks.

[thraddash]

There are multiple ways you can approach this:

$string = 'This is string #4455';
echo $string . '<br />';

//REGULAR EXPRESSION
if (preg_match('/(\d+)$/', $string, $matches)) {
    echo $matches[1] . '<br />';
}

//SPLITTING
$parts = explode('#', $string);
echo array_pop($parts); 

[chris22]

hi, you can do it this way:

$str = "This is string #4455";

$digits = substr($str,strpos($str,'#')); 

[multimediocrity]

Thanks!! Got it!