HowTo just get rid of apart of an Variable?

[Naits]

I have a this variable $file = "file.html"; how can i add another variable that haves the smae content as $file except of ".html" like $variable = $file - ".html" I know this isent the right method, but how can it be done??

 

[rycamor]

See

http://www.php.net/substr

Example:

<?php
$file = &quot;file.html&quot;;
$variable = substr($file, 0, -5); //strip off last 5 characters
?>

 

[Naits]

Thanx!!!