Re: separating strings from extensions

John Meyer wrote: > Børge Holen wrote: >> On Monday 18 February 2008 00:10:30 John Meyer wrote: >> >>> Daniel Brown wrote: >>> >>>> On Feb 17, 2008 5:37 PM, nihilism machine >>>> <nihilismmachine@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>>> i am using this code to get the extension of a filename: >>>>> >>>>> $extension = strtolower(strrchr($fileName,".")); >>>>> >>>>> how can i get the text BEFORE the . (period) >>>>> >>>> You can STFW and RTFM. This list should never be your first place >>>> to ask simple questions. >>>> >>>> In any case.... >>>> >>>> <? >>>> $split = explode('.',strtolower($fileName)); >>>> $name = $split[0]; >>>> $ext = $split[1]; >>>> ?> >>>> >>> Flame job aside, that's going to fail on a compound extension such as >>> ".tar.gz" by just returning .tar >>> >> >> so. >> >> it.will.fail.this.one.to.txt >> and a fix would also fail because you would have to hardcord >> everygoddamn ending if thats what youre after. How many do you care >> to count for? >> I would say stick with the last dot, if its not particulary often you >> stumble over those .tar.bz2 endings. >> > > > You could also stick with the first, i.e.: > > <? > $split = explode('.',strtolower($fileName),1); > $name = $split[0]; > $ext = $split[1]; > ?> > Or you can stop spreading bad advice and listen to Brady Mitchell