// create a string
$string = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.pl';
// try to match our pattern at the end of the string
if(preg_match("/.pl\z/i", $string))
{
// if our pattern matches we echo this
echo 'The string ends with .pl';
}
else
{
// if no match is found we echo this line
echo 'No match found';
}
https://www.phpro.org/tutorials/Introduction-to-PHP-Regex.html