note 109129 added to function.filetype

In response to holdoffhunger, there is a neater way to append a string to a file name in front of the extension using the pathinfo() function. pathinfo() returns an associative array: $pathSTR = '/home/mysite/mydir/my.file.php' $pathARR = pathinfo($pathSTR); $dirname = $pathARR['dirname']; // '/home/mysite/mydir' $basename = $pathARR['basename']; // 'my.file.php' $extension = $pathARR['extension']; // 'php' $filename = $pathARR['filename']; // 'my.file' (since PHP 5.2.0) So, to reconstruct a file name: $pathSTR = '/home/mysite/mydir/my.file.php' $pathARR = pathinfo($pathSTR); $newPathSTR = "$pathARR[dirname]/$pathARR[filename]_BACKUP-1.$pathARR[extension]"; // '/home/mysite/mydir/my.file_BACKUP-1.php' Note that this also works for relative paths: $pathSTR2 = '../../mydir/my.file.php'; $pathARR2 = pathinfo($pathSTR2); $newPathSTR2 = "$pathARR2[dirname]/$pathARR2[filename]_BACKUP-2.$pathARR2[extension]"; // '../../mydir/my.file_BACKUP-2.php' If you are using a version prior to PHP 5.2.0, you can get $filename from: $filename = substr($basename, 0, strrpos($basename, '.')); ---- Server IP: 87.124.126.48 Probable Submitter: 80.229.156.12 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filetype.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109129 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109129 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109129 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php