<?php $photo_path = "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/666216653361774594/DLnkPeuD_mini.png"; $original_photo = explode('_', $photo_path); $last = $original_photo[count($original_photo) - 1]; $ext = explode('.', $last); $new_path = str_replace('_' . $ext[0], '', $photo_path); echo "resized photo: \t\t" . $photo_path; echo "\n\n"; echo "original photo: \t" . $new_path;