Re: RE: Re: [PHP] pathinfo function

On 27 Jul 2011 at 11:09, Mike Ford <M.Ford@leedsmet.ac.uk> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Streater [mailto:tim@clothears.org.uk] >> Seems to me that's the case. However the doc is ambiguous, >> especially as I *asked* for that key to be returned. IMO it should >> exist and be empty. Not existing is only OK if I didn't ask for it. > > This is how you tell the difference between a basename with a null > extension ("/path/filename.") and no extension ("/path/filename"). > In the former case you get $info["extension"]=>"", in the latter > there is no ["extension"] element in the returned array. OK, this makes sense. > This does seem like the most logical way to make this distinction, > but the manual could use a bit of work to document this and other > edge cases more explicitly. I may have a go at this if I can find a round tuit. -- Cheers -- Tim