extract last part of a url

Question

need the last part of the url

http://example.com then the last part is nothing if it is http://example.com/i then last part is i if it is http://example.com/i/am/fil

Answer 1

For those of you using a CMS like WordPress or Magento that add a trailing slash, there is an easy addition to Vasil's solution:

You can even just use a simple Request URI call like this:

    $request_path = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
    $path = explode("/", $request_path); // splitting the path
    $last = end($path);
    $last = prev($path);