I've come up with a dirty yet fast solution to this problem. This should get the file's extension (considering whatever is after the last period) and also get rid of any junk that Windows NT appends to the filename when it's being pulled from the Desktop.

@extension = split(/\./,$filename);
$extension = $extension[$#extension];
@extension = split(/\\/,$extension);
$extension = $extension[0];

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So if $filename is something like "C:\Whatever\some horrible.filename.by.me.doc\\NTDesktop\whatever", this will return "doc".

- Ralph

In reply to Re: Getting a file's extension in an upload form by Anonymous Monk
in thread Getting a file's extension in an upload form by Anonymous Monk

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