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DirectoryIterator::getExtension

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.6, PHP 7)

DirectoryIterator::getExtension — Gets the file extension

Description

public DirectoryIterator::getExtension ( ) : string

Retrieves the file extension.

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:

php
txt
jpg
gz

Notes

Note:

This method is only available as of PHP 5.3.6. Another way of getting the extension is to use the pathinfo() function. 

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

See Also

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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v3.0 or later.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/directoryiterator.getextension.php