John Meyer wrote:
> Børge Holen wrote:
>> On Monday 18 February 2008 00:10:30 John Meyer wrote:
>>
>>> Daniel Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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];
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>> Flame job aside, that's going to fail on a compound extension such as
>>> ".tar.gz" by just returning .tar
>>>
>>
>> so.
>>
>> it.will.fail.this.one.to.txt
>> and a fix would also fail because you would have to hardcord
>> everygoddamn ending if thats what youre after. How many do you care
>> to count for?
>> I would say stick with the last dot, if its not particulary often you
>> stumble over those .tar.bz2 endings.
>>
>
>
> You could also stick with the first, i.e.:
>
> <?
> $split = explode('.',strtolower($fileName),1);
> $name = $split[0];
> $ext = $split[1];
> ?>
>
Or you can stop spreading bad advice and listen to Brady Mitchell
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