basename

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Returns trailing name component of path

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

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.

Returns the base name of the given path.

<?

$path = "/directory/file.extension";

$return = basename($path);

echo $return;

?>

file.extension

<?

$path = "/directory/file.extension";
$suffix = ".extension";

$return = basename($path, $suffix);

echo $return;

?>

file

<?

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
..
.

..
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