Uploading files without extensions

[frosty7700]

I have a PHP script for uploading and listing files in a Linux filesystem. When listing, I use the following condition:

if eregi("\.",$file) == false

...to determine if an item is a subdirectory or a file. If it is false, it's a subdirectory.

PROBLEM: When I upload a file with no extension on it, it is listed as a subdirectory (even though Linux seems to know knows it's a file just fine). I think I'm missing something obvious, but I can't crack it. Ideas?

 

[frosty7700]

Ugh...nevermind...I'm dumb. If there's no period, obviously it'll see it as a directory based on that command.

SO...is there any other way to test it to see if it's a file or not? This way is way too flakey.

 

[sleipnir214]

Yeah, and since "foo.bar" is a legal directory name, it will give you false negatives, too.

I would just use is_dir() (

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-dir.php)

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[frosty7700]

Got it.

is_dir($path . "/" . $file)