Using str_replace() to replace two types of filenames

Question

I know I can convert the filename from .xlsx to .csv like this:

$pFileName = "hello.xlsx"
str_replace(".xlsx", ".csv", $pFileName);

... and convert .xls to .csv like this:

$pFileName = "hello.xls"
str_replace(".xls", ".csv", $pFileName);

My question is, how can I make a single function that converts my filename to .csv if its .xlsx or .xls? This means, "change the file name to .csv if it's .xls or xlsx in one single (if it's possible) str_replace.

I tried with a double str_replace with no luck:

str_replace(str_replace(".xlsx", ".csv", $pFileName), ".csv", $pFileName)

Thanks in advance.

Make an array and replace it with some values, See my answer. — , Jun 07 '16 at 07:43

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:43

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You can pass an array to str_replace:

str_replace([".xlsx", ".xls"], ".csv", $pFileName)

answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:43

rdiz

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:44

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I comment to use array like:

$pfilename = "hello.xlsx";

$arr = array(".xlsx", ".xls");
echo str_replace($arr, ".csv", $pfilename); // hello.csv

answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:43

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Very simple:

str_replace(array(".xlsx", ".xls"), ".csv", $pfilename);

answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:43

Jeroen Bellemans

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:47

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Using preg_replace

$pFileName = "hello.xls";
echo $filename = preg_replace('"\.(xls|xlsx)$"', '.csv', $pFileName);

answered Jun 07 '16 at 07:47

Saty

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Using str_replace() to replace two types of filenames

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