[Resolved] Checking for file extension (in a string)

[TrickyPhillips]

What's the easiest way to find out the filetype of a URL that's stored within a variable?

I'm looking to write something that will I want to do this:

$url = http://site.com/flash.swf

if $url contains .swf, <embed flash>
else if $url contains .gif, <img src>
else if $url contains .zip, <display url>

Thanks. 🙂

[chrisranjana]

You could find some examples here

http://www.php.net/preg_match

[TrickyPhillips]

Originally posted by chrisranjana
You could find some examples here

http://www.php.net/preg_match

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. :o

[chrisranjana]

Originally posted by TrickyPhillips
Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. :o

glad to be of help ! 🙂