DirectoryIterator::getExtension
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.6, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DirectoryIterator::getExtension — Gets the file extension
Description
public function DirectoryIterator::getExtension():
string
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns a string containing the file extension, or an
empty string if the file has no extension.
Examples
Example #1 DirectoryIterator::getExtension() example
<?php
$directory = new DirectoryIterator(__DIR__);
foreach ($directory as $fileinfo) {
if ($fileinfo->isFile()) {
echo $fileinfo->getExtension() . "\n";
}
}
?>
The above example will output
something similar to:
Notes
Note:
Another way of getting the extension is to use the
pathinfo() function.