if (isset($_POST['posted'])) {
$path = $_POST['path'];
$outpath = ereg_replace("\.[\.]+", "", $path);
$outpath = ereg_replace("^[\/]+", "", $outpath);
$outpath = ereg_replace("^[A-Za-z][:\|][\/]?", "", $outpath);
echo "The old path is " . $path . " and the new path is " . $outpath;
}
?>