Good alternative to eregi() in PHP

Question

I often find myself doing quick checks like this:

if (!eregi(\'.php\', $fileName)) {
    $filename .= \'.php\';
}

But as eregi() was deprec

Answer 1

if (! stristr($fileName, '.php')) $filename.='.php';

moff's answser had the parameters backwards.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php

Answer 2

If you go for the "fake" eregi, you shold trigger a notice inside the fake function: trigger_error('Some code still use eregi',E_USER_NOTICE); This way you will easily catch the forgotten eregi calls and can replace them.