note 56469 added to function.substr

substr() can provide easy way to get a filename with or without extension <? function getFilename( $file, $extension = true ) { return ($extension || false === $dot = strrpos( basename( $file ), '.' )) ? basename( $file ) : substr( basename( $file ), 0, $dot ); } echo getFilename( 'foo.php' ); // foo.php echo getFilename( 'foo.php', false ); // foo echo getFilename( 'dir/foo.php' ); // foo.php echo getFilename( 'foo' ); // foo - note that $extension is true here echo getFilename( '.php', false ); // '' - empty string ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56469 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56469&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56469&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56469&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56469&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56469&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56469&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56469&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php