How to find the extension of an image from path in PHP?

Question

Is there any standard function in PHP to find only extension of an image from the corresponding file path?

For example ff my image path is like \'/testdir/dir2/image

Answer 1

I think the most correct way is using echo exif_imagetype function:

   exif_imagetype("/testdir/dir2/image.gif");

   function get_image_type($image_path){

        $extension  = array(IMAGETYPE_GIF => "gif",
        IMAGETYPE_JPEG => "jpeg",
        IMAGETYPE_PNG => "png",
        IMAGETYPE_SWF => "swf",
        IMAGETYPE_PSD => "psd",
        IMAGETYPE_BMP => "bmp",
        IMAGETYPE_TIFF_II => "tiff",
        IMAGETYPE_TIFF_MM => "tiff",
        IMAGETYPE_JPC => "jpc",
        IMAGETYPE_JP2 => "jp2",
        IMAGETYPE_JPX => "jpx",
        IMAGETYPE_JB2 => "jb2",
        IMAGETYPE_SWC => "swc",
        IMAGETYPE_IFF => "iff",
        IMAGETYPE_WBMP => "wbmp",
        IMAGETYPE_XBM => "xbm",
        IMAGETYPE_ICO => "ico");

        return $extension[exif_imagetype($image_path)];
}