basename
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
basename — Returns filename component of path
Description
string basename
( string $path
[, string $suffix
] )
Parameters
-
path
-
A path.
On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash
(\) are used as directory separator character. In
other environments, it is the forward slash (/).
-
suffix
-
If the filename ends in suffix
this will also
be cut off.
Return Values
Returns the base name of the given path
.
Examples
Example #1 basename() example
<?php
$path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php";
$file = basename($path); $file = basename($path, ".php"); ?>
Filesystem Functions
