[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Gifford) writes:
> 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'
you don't need a regular expression for that...
$extension = strrchr(basename($userfile_name), '.');
-robin
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