Re: separating strings from extensions

Richard Lynch wrote: > On Sun, February 17, 2008 4:37 pm, nihilism machine 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) >> > > http://php.net/basename > > Funny enough, even in the comments someone states 'this breaks for complex file-ending like .tar.gz' Considering file names don't mean much, it would be OK (imo) to use basename for standard operations. If you're working/looking for the exact type, it's time to use MIME as it is more reliable than something like a filename. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mime-magic.php Good luck. ================== Nick Stinemates (nick@stinemates.org) http://nick.stinemates.org AIM: Nick Stinemates MSN: nickstinemates@hotmail.com Yahoo: nickstinemates@yahoo.com ==================