PHP: filename without file extension- best way?

Question

I am trying to pull the filename out of a directory without the extension.

I am kludging my way through with the following:

foreach ($allowed_files a         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

$noExt = preg_replace("/\\.[^.]*$/", "", $filename);

Edit in response to cletus's comment:
You could change it in one of a few ways:

$noExt = preg_replace("/\\.[^.]*$/", "", basename($filename));

// or

$noExt = preg_replace("/\\.[^.\\\\\\/]*$/", "", $filename);

Yes, PHP needs regex literals...