[RESOLVED] get file name without extension

DKY

I have the following code to grab the filename when browsed for and uploaded and take off the . and the extension

$FileName=current(explode('.', $_FILES['File']['name']));

only it causes problems if there is a dot in the file name, like
04.05.2007_filename.mp3
Is there another way to do this?

HalfaBee

preg_replace( '/.[a-z0-9]+$/i' , '' , 'dotted.file.Name' );

might do the job.

laserlight

There is [man]pathinfo/man. Your current method would work if you discard the last element and join back the rest.

sid

for example

$FileNameTokens = explode('.', $_FILES['File']['name']);
$fileName = implode(".", array_slice($FileNameTokens, 0, count($FileNameTokens) - 2));

$FileNameTokens = explode('.', $_FILES['File']['name']);
array_pop($FileNameTokens);
$fileName = implode(".", $FileNameTokens);

or with regular expressions (which would be the cleanest option in my opinion)

dagon

$path_parts = pathinfo($_FILES['File']['name']);
$FileName = $path_parts['filename'];

sid

dagon wrote:
$path_parts['filename'];

hadnt actually stumbled upon that baby yet, since i installed v5.2.0... thanks.

laserlight

hadnt actually stumbled upon that baby yet, since i installed v5.2.0... thanks.

Actually, even prior to PHP 5.2 there is:

$path_parts = pathinfo($_FILES['File']['name']);
echo basename($path_parts['basename'], '.' . $path_parts['extension']);

Though now I would use:

echo pathinfo($_FILES['File']['name'], PATHINFO_FILENAME);

on account that the extension is not always present.

DKY

Sweet, learn something new every day.

So, I should do this

$path_parts = pathinfo($_FILES['File']['name'], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
$FileName = $path_parts['filename'];

instead of this?

$path_parts = pathinfo($_FILES['File']['name']);
$FileName = $path_parts['filename'];

NogDog

If you prefer a regex solution:

$name = preg_replace('/\.[^.]*$/', '', $dottedName);

laserlight

So, I should do this

Not quite. If you only specify one path element, then it is returned as a string, not an array. So, if you are using PHP 5.2 (or later), you can specify PATHINFO_FILENAME and get it immediately.

$FileName = pathinfo($_FILES['File']['name'], PATHINFO_FILENAME);

DKY

Nice, thanks!