note 21486 added to function.filetype

Or you could be lazy and do it all in one line... $file = 'stuff.tar.gz'; $extension = substr($str = substr($file, ($pos = strrpos($file, '/')) !== false ? ++$pos : 0), strpos($str, '.') + 1); -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filetype.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+21486 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+21486 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+21486