On Monday 18 February 2008 00:10:30 John Meyer wrote:
> Daniel Brown wrote:
> > On Feb 17, 2008 5:37 PM, nihilism machine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >> i am using this code to get the extension of a filename:
> >>
> >> $extension = strtolower(strrchr($fileName,"."));
> >>
> >> how can i get the text BEFORE the . (period)
> >
> > You can STFW and RTFM. This list should never be your first place
> > to ask simple questions.
> >
> > In any case....
> >
> > <?
> > $split = explode('.',strtolower($fileName));
> > $name = $split[0];
> > $ext = $split[1];
> > ?>
>
> Flame job aside, that's going to fail on a compound extension such as
> ".tar.gz" by just returning .tar
so.
it.will.fail.this.one.to.txt
and a fix would also fail because you would have to hardcord everygoddamn
ending if thats what youre after. How many do you care to count for?
I would say stick with the last dot, if its not particulary often you stumble
over those .tar.bz2 endings.
what does he want to upload anyway?
Oi you, whats yer task?
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