remove file extensions from a file directory in php - php

Question

I am doing a gallery and using php to get images to show up without hard-coding for each image. I had used the following method for obtaining the images:
<?php
$dir="image/";
//open dir
if ($opendir=opendir($dir))
{
//readdir
while($file=readdir($opendir))
{
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..")
echo "
<div id='item' class='grid-item'>
<a href='$dir/$file'>
<div id='masks' class='mask'></div>
<div id='title' class='text'>$file</div>
<img src='$dir/$file'>
</a>
</div>
";
}
}
?>
The gallery uses jquery for the masonry gallery plugin.
However the file extension is showing up along with the file name. I don't want the extension. I have tried many methods, but they're not working for this case. How can I hide it and what changes can be done to the code in order for it to happen?

Answer 1

You can use pathinfo:
<?php
$dir="image/";
//open dir
if ($opendir=opendir($dir))
{
//readdir
while($file=readdir($opendir))
{
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..")
{
$filename = pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
echo "
<div id='item' class='grid-item'>
<a href='$dir/$file'>
<div id='masks' class='mask'></div>
<div id='title' class='text'>$filename</div>
<img src='$dir/$file'>
</a>
</div>
";
}
}
}
To get the filename via this method, you must use PHP > 5.2, which you probably should anyway.