On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 08:45 -0600, Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> Ingleby, Les wrote:
> > Hi all, first time I have posted here so please be nice.
> >
> > I am using PEAR HTTP_Upload to handle multiple file uploads. What I need to
> > do is to take the file name which is output using the getProp() function
> > and then remove the file extension from the end of the file for example:
> >
> > Original name held in the getProp() array [name] "word_doccument.docx"
> >
> > I need to put this into a string such as
> >
> > $filename = $props['name'];
> >
> > I then need to separate the file name from the file extension.
> >
> > I have been reading the php manual do please don't bother referring me to
> > that.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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> list($filename) = explode('.', $props['name']);
>
> Or if you may need the extension:
>
> list($filename, $extension) = explode('.', $props['name']);
>
> --
> Thanks!
> -Shawn
> http://www.spidean.com
>
I just though. How would all these methods fare when given a file like
archive.tar.gz, where the .tar.gz is the full extension, not just
the .gz?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
