Php get extension file upload

Can We find out the extension of the original file from $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] ? For example jpg or png etc?

Machavity♦

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asked Mar 25, 2011 at 0:25

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$name = $_FILES["file"]["name"];
$ext = end((explode(".", $name))); # extra () to prevent notice

echo $ext;

answered Mar 25, 2011 at 0:26

Dejan MarjanovićDejan Marjanović

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You could use pathinfo():

$path_parts = pathinfo($_FILES["file"]["name"]);
$extension = $path_parts['extension'];

answered Mar 25, 2011 at 0:29

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Yes you can use $_FILES['file']['name'] to get the original name of the uploaded file. Just keep in mind that the extension may not always represent the real contents of the file.

answered Mar 25, 2011 at 0:27

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Yes, assuming it's accurately named. It will retain its original name and extension.

answered Mar 25, 2011 at 0:28

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The file extension is very useful for validation and upload. You can easily get extension from the file name or file location using PHP. In this tutorial, we will show you two simple way to get file extension in PHP.

Custom PHP Function

The get_file_extension() function returns extension of the file using substr() and strrchr() in PHP.

• substr() – Returns a part of a string.
• strrchr() – Finds the last occurrence of a string inside another string.

function get_file_extension($file_name) {
    return substr(strrchr($file_name,'.'),1);
}

Usage
You need to pass the filename in get_file_extension(), it will return the extension of the given file.

echo get_file_extension('image.jpg');

PHP pathinfo() Function

The pathinfo() function provides the easiest way to get file information in PHP.

• pathinfo – Returns the details information about a file path.

Usage
The file path needs to be passed in pathinfo(), it will return the information (directory name, base file name, extension, and filename) of the given file.

$path_parts = pathinfo('files/codexworld.pdf');//file directory name
$directoryName = $path_parts['dirname'];//base file name
$baseFileName = $path_parts['basename'];//file extension
$fileExtension = $path_parts['extension'];//file name
$fileName = $path_parts['filename'];

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