Thanks robin, this is very useful!
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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