Get last word from URL after a slash in PHP

Question

I need to get the very last word from an URL. So for example I have the following URL:

http://www.mydomainname.com/m/groups/view/test

I need to get with PHP

Answer 1

use preg*

if ( preg_match( "~/(.*?)$~msi", $_SERVER[ "REQUEST_URI" ], $vv ))
 echo $vv[1];
else
 echo "Nothing here";

this was just idea of code. It can be rewriten in function.

PS. Generally i use mod_rewrite to handle this... ans process in php the $_GET variables. And this is good practice, IMHO