<?php
$path = '/here/someplace/somefile.jpg';
$withoutExt = pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_DIRNAME) . '/' . pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
echo $withoutExt . "\n\n";
$path = 'somefile.jpg';
$withoutExt = pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_DIRNAME) . '/' . pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
echo $withoutExt;