basename

Description

Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the base name of the file. If the filename ends in suffix this will also be cut off.

On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash (\) are used as directory separator character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (/).

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" ?>

See also dirname().