separating strings from extensions

[nihilism machine <nihilismmachine@xxxxxxxxx>]

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)

?

thanks in advance.

-e

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