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file handling - strip file extension was created/last modified on Mon 10 May 2004 6:11 AM

this php code will strip the extension from a filename.
to remove the extension just call the function with  the name of the file
   
<?php
  
  function strip_ext($name)
{
     $ext = strrchr($name, '.');
     if($ext !== false)
     {
         $name = substr($name, 0, -strlen($ext));
     }
     return $name;
}

$filename = 'file_name.txt';

echo strip_ext($filename);
  
?>

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