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[sgt_fireman]

Hey guys, so I was trying to create something that very simply gets the file extension for me, however for some reason the output of $xnt is the first letter of the uploaded file, and not the extension, Any Ideas anyone? Thank-you very much in advance.

 

$path2 = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'];
$xnt = ($path2['extension']);
echo $xnt;
die();

[BuildMyWeb]

ive used:

 

$file_name_raw 	= $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name'];

// extension of the uploaded file
$file_ext = substr( strrchr($file_name_raw, '.') ,1 );

[Christian F.]

sgt_fireman: I think you've forgot something in that code block...

 

BuildMyWeb: I'd look into the function that the OP mention, if I were you. Much cleaner way to deal with stuff like that.

[sgt_fireman]

Thank-you BuildMyWeb, That worked fine!

[jazzman1]

@sgt_fireman, you have to consider your decisions working with files and uploading them to the server and database.

@BuildMyWeb, strrchr is a pretty tricky function (I've never used it), but.... what about this ? It's a real file extension ?

$str = 'file_test. php';
$file_ext = substr( strrchr($str, '.') ,true);
var_dump($file_ext);