Only variables should be passed by reference

// Other variables
$MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH = 260;
$file_name = $_FILES[$upload_name]['name'];
//echo "testing-".$file_name."<br>";
//$file_name = strtolower($file_name);
$file_extension = end(explode('.', $file_name)); //ERROR ON THIS LINE
$uploadErrors = array(
    0=>'There is no error, the file uploaded with success',
    1=>'The uploaded file exceeds the upload max filesize allowed.',
    2=>'The uploaded file exceeds the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was specified in the HTML form',
    3=>'The uploaded file was only partially uploaded',
    4=>'No file was uploaded',
    6=>'Missing a temporary folder'
);

Any ideas? After 2 days still stuck.