Returns trailing name component of path
Syntax
basename ( string $path [, string $suffix ] ) : string
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 name component ends in suffix this will also be cut off.
Return
Returns the base name of the given path.
Examples
1 · path
<? $path = "/directory/file.extension"; $return = basename($path); echo $return; ?>
file.extension
2 · suffix
<? $path = "/directory/file.extension"; $suffix = ".extension"; $return = basename($path, $suffix); echo $return; ?>
file
3
<?
echo basename("/directory/file.extension") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/directory/file") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/directory/..") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/directory/.") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/directory/") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/directory") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/..") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/.") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("/") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename("..") . PHP_EOL;
echo basename(".");
?>file.extension file .. . directory directory .. . .. .
