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this php code will strip the extension from a filename.
to remove the extension just call the function with the name of the file

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<?php

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|                             PHParadise source code
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| file:             strip file extension
| category:         file handling
|
| last modified:    Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:40:40 GMT
| downloaded:       Thu, 24 May 2012 08:14:48 GMT as copy from textarea
|
| code URL:
| http://phparadise.de/php-code/file-handling/strip-file-extension/
|
| description:
| this php code will strip the extension from a filename. to remove the extension
| just call the function with the name of the file
|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

function strip_ext($name)
{
	$ext = strrchr($name, '.');
	if($ext !== false)
	{
		$name = substr($name, 0, -strlen($ext));
	}
	return $name;
}

// demonstration
$filename = 'file_name.txt';

echo '

	the filename without extension: 
	'.strip_ext($filename).'
';

// to get the file extension, do
echo '

	the file extension: 
	'.end(explode('.',$filename)).'
';

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