note 54042 added to function.ltrim

totally messed up the last post, here is a function that will be able to take filenames like h.a.p.p.p.y.jpg without problems: //get the extension of the file function getFileExtension($file){ //get the type of the file: while(($file_ext = stristr($file,".")) !== false){ $file_ext = substr($file_ext,1); $file = $file_ext; }//while return trim($file); }//getFileExtension() ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ltrim.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54042 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54042&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54042&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54042&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54042&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54042&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54042&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54042&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php