<?
$str = "/home/mike/test.txt";
if (preg_match("/[^\.]+$/", $str, $matches))
$ext = $matches[0];
else
$ext = "no extension";
echo "extension=$ext";
?>
"Mike Gifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to replace a couple of lines of code:
>
> $dotpos = 1 - (strlen($userfile_name) - strpos($userfile_name, '.'));
> $extension = substr($userfile_name, $dotpos);
>
> with a simpler regular expression:
> $extension = eregi_replace( "/.*", "", $userfile_name);
>
> However it isn't working..
>
> What I'd like to do is to find the extension of a file name and place that
in a variable. So in
> '/home/mike/test.txt', I want to have the statement return 'txt'
>
> Any help would be appreciated..
>
> Mike
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