On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Mike Gifford wrote:
> Thanks robin, this is very useful!
>
yep, although pathinfo() is much easier:
$extension = pathinfo($userfile_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
-Sterling
> Robin Vickery wrote:
> > [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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