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Returns filename component of path

basename

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

basename — Returns filename component of path

Description

string basename ( string $path [, string $suffix ] )

Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the base name of the file.

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 .

ChangeLog

Version Description
4.1.0 The suffix parameter was added

Examples

Example #1 basename() example

<?php
$path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php";
$file = basename($path);         // $file is set to "index.php"
$file = basename($path, ".php"); // $file is set to "index"
?>

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