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SplFileInfo::getExtension

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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.6, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets the file extension

Description

SplFileInfo::getExtension(): string

Retrieves the file extension.

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

Returns a string containing the file extension, or an empty string if the file has no extension.

Examples

SplFileInfo::getExtension() example

php

<?php

$info = new SplFileInfo('foo.txt');
var_dump($info->getExtension());

$info = new SplFileInfo('photo.jpg');
var_dump($info->getExtension());

$info = new SplFileInfo('something.tar.gz');
var_dump($info->getExtension());

?>

The above example will output:

output

string(3) "txt"
string(3) "jpg"
string(2) "gz"

Notes

Note

Another way of getting the extension is to use the pathinfo() function.

php

<?php
$extension = pathinfo($info->getFilename(), PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
?>