note 110137 added to function.filetype

Use array to decompose any.file_name.file_type on the last ".". Haven't considered execution efficiency... (and I'm not up to colouring in!) <?php // Testbed for Filename split function subroutine returns .suffix from a filename // Filename input from CLI command parameter var_dump($argv); $pfile_name = $argv[1]; // Print Results echo "Split: " .filenamesplit($pfile_name)[0]."|||".filenamesplit($pfile_name)[1].PHP_EOL; // ------------------------------------ function filenamesplit($file_name) { // Parse filename by decompostion into array $bitearr =explode(".",$file_name); // break into bites on the dots $bite_els =count($bitearr); // Number of bites $prefarr = array_slice($bitearr,0,$bite_els-1); //drop last element $prefix_name = implode(".",$prefarr); // just reassemble without last bite $suffix_name = ".".end($bitearr); //Dot plus last bite return array($prefix_name, $suffix_name) ; } // Sample Input: string(13) ".my.file.type" // Split: .my.file|||.type ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 121.223.235.153 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filetype.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/110137 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/110137 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/110137 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php