PHP Get File Extension

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Just some examples:
$filename = 'sample.gif';

// 1. The "explode/end" approach
$ext = end(explode('.', $filename));

// 2. The "strrchr" approach
$ext = substr(strrchr($filename, '.'), 1);

// 3. The "strrpos" approach
$ext = substr($filename, strrpos($filename, '.') + 1);

// 4. The "preg_replace" approach
$ext = preg_replace('/^.*\.([^.]+)$/D', '$1', $filename);

// 5. The "never use this" approach
// From: http://php.about.com/od/finishedphp1/qt/file_ext_PHP.htm
$exts = split("[/\\.]", $filename);
$n = count($exts)-1;
$ext = $exts[$n];

And the last but not the least:
$path_parts = pathinfo('/www/htdocs/inc/lib.inc.php');
echo $path_parts['dirname'], "\n";
echo $path_parts['basename'], "\n";
echo $path_parts['extension'], "\n";
echo $path_parts['filename'], "\n"; // since PHP 5.2.0

output:
/www/htdocs/inc
lib.inc.php
php
lib.inc