PHP: Strip off multiple extensions from filename

[Jay59express]

Hi, I need to be able to take a filename, say test.tar.gz and rename it to test.tgz. So I would like to be able to strip off the extension(s), check to see if they are .tar.gz, and if they are, create the file test.tgz. Anyone got some code to do this? Tried using the examples under basename at php.net but could not find the right one.
Thanks!

 

[Superwormy]

Use strrev ( www.php.net/strrev ) to revere the string, use stristr ( www.php.net/stristr ) to read up to the periods, or explode ( www.php.net/explode ) to find the URL extensions, match against ahwatever, and rename at will...

 

[notfred]

Perl:

$filename =~ s/\.tar\.gz$/\.tgz/;

I still don't like PHP.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

$path_parts = pathinfo("/www/htdocs/index.html");

echo $path_parts["dirname"] . "\n";
echo $path_parts["basename"] . "\n";
echo $path_parts["extension"] . "\n";

Would produce:

/www/htdocs
index.html
html

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pathinfo.php

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Perl:

$filename =~ s/\.tar\.gz$/\.tgz/;

I still don't like PHP.

Not many advanced programmers do 🙂

 

[eklass]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: Tyler Perl: $filename =~ s/\.tar\.gz$/\.tgz/; I still don't like PHP.

Not many advanced programmers do 🙂

yeah, it's ease of use and portability is a real b!tch