Change file extension

Question

How do I change a files file-extension name in PHP?

For example: $filename=\'234230923_picture.bmp\' and I want the extension to change to jpg

Answer 1

Not using regex (like the basename example), but allowing multiple extension possibilities (like the regex example):

$newname = str_replace(array(".bmp", ".gif"), ".jpg", $filename);
rename($filename, $newname);

Of course any simple replace operation, while less expensive then regex, will also replace a .bmp in the middle of the filename.

As mentioned, this isn't going to change the format of a image file. To do that you would need to use a graphics library.

Answer 2

rename() the file, substituting the new extension.

Answer 3

You can use this to rename the file http://us2.php.net/rename and this http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.pathinfo.php to get the basename of the file and other extension info..

Answer 4

Just replace it with regexp:

$filename = preg_replace('"\.bmp$"', '.jpg', $filename);

You can also extend this code to remove other image extensions, not just bmp:

$filename = preg_replace('"\.(bmp|gif)$"', '.jpg', $filename);

Answer 5

$newname = basename($filename, ".bmp").".jpg";
rename($filename, $newname);

Remember that if the file is a bmp file, changing the suffix won't change the format :)