substring from last match in php?

Question

I have string "katrina.bhuvnesh.jpg" , I want to get jpg that means substring that matches the last dot(.)

I looked in substr() function but it's not working exactly what I need.

Please give me any function of PHP that matches string from last and returns substring from that point.

Thanks!!

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '13 at 07:20

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Use pathinfo() like this:

 $extension = pathinfo("katrina.bhuvnesh.jpg", PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

answered May 31 '13 at 07:20

Ja͢ck

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '13 at 07:19

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You can use 2 function calls:

$filename = 'somefile.sometext.jpg';

$type = end(explode('.', $filename));

// $type is now 'jpg'

Alternatively, you can use substr:

$type = substr($filename, strrpos($filename, '.'));

answered May 31 '13 at 07:19

Phil Cross

Thanks it worked... :) – user2307273 May 31 '13 at 07:21
Glad it helped... to whoever downvoted, whats the point? Downvoting is for unhelpful answers, not answers that you don't agree with. Edit - Thank you – Phil Cross May 31 '13 at 07:23
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The only problem I would like to highlight is in the case of a file without an extension, e.g. `"something"`. – Ja͢ck May 31 '13 at 07:42
+1 and removing my dup answer – Orangepill May 31 '13 at 07:43
Thats true, thanks for point it out @Jack – Phil Cross May 31 '13 at 07:43

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