SplFileInfo::getExtension
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.6, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileInfo::getExtension — Gets the file extension
Description
public function SplFileInfo::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 SplFileInfo::getExtension() example
<?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:
string(3) "txt"
string(3) "jpg"
string(2) "gz"
Notes
Note:
Another way of getting the extension is to use the
pathinfo() function.