pattern matching

[kpdvx]

$name = 'johnoliver'

Ok, I know that $firstname = 'john'.

How can I pull the last name (which is oliver) from $firstname and assign it to $lastname ?

 

[BB101]

preg_match("/^".preg_quote($firstname)."(.*)$/", $name, $m);

$m now contains an array, element number 1 has the surname --BB