On Feb 17, 2008 5:37 PM, nihilism machine <nihilismmachine@xxxxxxxxx> 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]; ?> -- </Dan> Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek <? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php