Understanding File Types .Jpg, .PNG .doc etc

// Gives you an array with info, dir, filename, extension, etc..
$info = pathinfo('path/to/file.png');

// Just get extension
$ext = pathinfo('path/to/file.png', PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

• https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.pathinfo.php

Also, I believe you can get the extension via the Storage facade, but it will basically run the above code.

hi i'm unsure of your meaning ?

i tried this what @Snapey suggested

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/display-file-icon-in-view-depending-on-file-extension

but i just get errors

@iiCe89 what part of what I wrote are you unsure about? Did you try the code I gave you?

@SaeedPrez sorry No im unsure where its meant to go ? im still learning ????

@iiCe89 you can have it in your controller.. when you fetch a model and maybe it has a related file/image, you can use that code and send the result to your view.

@SaeedPrez is there anyway you could demostrate using code ? apologies trying to wrap my hand around laravel so everythings a big learning curve

@iiCe89

$directory = '/'; // Refers to /storage/app folder

foreach (Storage::files($directory) as $file) {
    // $file holds the filename

    // Get the extension
    $extension = pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

    // When the file was last modified, in Unix timestamp
    $lastModified = Storage::lastModified($file);

    // Turn the timestamp into carbon instance
    $lastModifiedCarbon = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($lastModified);
}

thank you ! sorry for the bother :)

@iiCe89 No bother, glad I could help ☺