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Checking File Extension in Perl
#104566 10/28/2002 4:50 PM
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Anyone know how I would go about checking for a files's extension in perl ?
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Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104567 10/28/2002 6:40 PM
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my $filename = "whatever.txt.ext";
my @components = split(/./, $filename);
my $real_extension = $components[-1];
That should do the trick.

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Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104568 10/29/2002 2:23 PM
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So to check for the extension in a if statement I would use something like if ($real_extension = "ext") ?
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#104569 10/29/2002 2:51 PM
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instead of '=' use 'eq'...
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code:
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if ($real_extension eq 'ext') {
You can also do, instead of all that:
code:
[qb]
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if ($filename =~ m/.ext$/) {
[/qb]
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104570 10/29/2002 4:30 PM
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And if you want the check to be case-insensitive:

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if ($filename =~ m/.ext$/i) {
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Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104571 10/29/2002 7:34 PM
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Ok Im trying to do this within public_topic_page.pl

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my $filename = $user_profile[20];
    my @components = split(/./, $filename);
    my $real_extension = $components[-1];
    if (($filename =~ m/.jpg$/i) || ($filename =~ m/.gif$/i)){
	

     chomp($user_profile[20]);
     $user_profile[20] = "" if (($user_profile[20] eq 'http://') &#0124;&#0124; ($user_profile[20] =~ /cp.cgi/ &#0124;&#0124; /ultimatebb.cgi/ &#0124;&#0124; /</));
     my $this_img = ($user_profile[20] eq "") ? '' : qq!
<img src="$user_profile[20]" alt="" />
!;
	}

if ($filename =~ m/.swf$/i) {
	
    chomp($user_profile[20]);
    $user_profile[20] = "" if (($user_profile[20] eq 'http://')  &#0124;&#0124; ($user_profile[20] =~ /cp.cgi/ &#0124;&#0124; /ultimatebb.cgi/ &#0124;&#0124; /</));
    my $this_img = ($user_profile[20] eq "") ? '' : qq!
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="120" height="120">
    <param name=movie value="$user_profile[20]">
    <param name=quality value=high>
    <embed src="$user_profile[20]" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="120" height="120">
    </embed> 
    </object>
!;
    }
Doesn't seem to work though...This is based on the external avatar hack thing
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104572 10/30/2002 1:58 PM
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try this one:

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my $filename = chomp($user_profile[20]);
my $this_img;

if (($filename =~ m/.jpg$/i) &#0124;&#0124; ($filename =~ m/.gif$/i)){
   $this_img = qq!
<img src="$filename" alt="" />
!;
}

if ($filename =~ m/.swf$/i) {
   $this_img = qq!

    <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="120" height="120">
    <param name=movie value="$filename">
    <param name=quality value=high>
    <embed src="$filename" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="120" height="120">
    </embed> 
    </object>
!;
}
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104573 10/30/2002 3:45 PM
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That doesn't work either, neither the img or swf avatars show up so I'm assuming there is something wrong with the if statements
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#104574 10/30/2002 4:41 PM
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are you sure that $user_profile[20] is not blank and holds a jpg or gif or swf value? Also is $user_profile[20] correct slot? I dont know ubb member fields...

The above code seems right to me...

You can set a default valuve where it says 'my $this_img;'

my $this_img = '';

Also, if it does not hold the full url, add it before $this_image;

$this_img = qq!

!;

etc...
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104575 10/30/2002 7:15 PM
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$user_profile holds the correct URL...Im sure of this because when I use the code seperately without the if statements then the avatar shows up, its just when I add the if statements in nothing appears so Im assuming the if statements are wrong or theres something else wrong with the code ?
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Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104576 10/30/2002 7:39 PM
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Try printing out $filename before the if's, and $this_img afterwards, to see what's going on.

You could also simplify things a bit:

if ($filename =~ m/.(gif|jpg)$/i) {
...
} elsif ($filename =~ m/.swf$/i) {
...
}
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104577 10/30/2002 8:34 PM
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NM...trying now....was uploading the wrong file

[EDIT]: Tried the simplied code and its still not working. How would I go about displaying the filename ? When I used $filename near where the images, rating is displayed I got a 0 as the output
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104578 10/31/2002 8:57 AM
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Do you have access to your server error log? If so, you can output it there using 'warn':

warn "filename='$filename'";

If not, you can output it to a temporary file:

open(my $fh_debug, '>>', '/path/to/debug') or die "$!";
print $fh_debug scalar localtime, ":filename='$filename'n";
close($fh_debug);
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104579 10/31/2002 11:21 AM
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... or you can just print "FN: $filename
"; wink

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Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104580 10/31/2002 4:23 PM
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Got it to work !!!!!!!

Heres the code that I finally ended up using in case anybody else is interested
my $filename = chomp($user_profile[20]);

my $this_img;

if ($user_profile[20] =~ m/.(gif|jpg)$/i) {
$this_img = qq!

!;

}
elsif ($user_profile[20] =~ m/.swf$/i) {
$this_img = qq!







!;
}

Used User_profile[20] instead of $filename in the if statements and it ended up workiong..go figure... thanks for all the help smile
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Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104581 11/01/2002 1:26 PM
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how is this to be used???

i'm looking to add an icon to indicate if an image is displayed within post??

Basically it will add an icon to a post if someone has posted an image within the topic. much like this forum does: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=27

could this code somehow work with that??

has anyone created such a hack that i mention??
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104582 11/01/2002 5:47 PM
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Well this code is for getting external avatars to work...however I guess it could be used in the way you describe however it might require extensive modification
Re: Checking File Extension in Perl
#104583 11/23/2002 4:06 AM
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WC, I suggest you to use &ImageChecker($user_profile[20]), to make sure people don't do it for bad causes.

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