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.
If the filename ends in suffix this will
also be cut off.
On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash
(\) are used as path separator character. In
other environments, it is the forward slash
(/).
Example 1. basename() example $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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Note:
The suffix parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0.
See also: dirname()
User Contributed Notes
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dexxter at nothing dot ch
06-Feb-2002 05:42 |
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to avoid having the object in mem changed, use:
$mystring =
basename(strval($file),".ext");
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darianlassan[at]yahoo[dot]de
30-Aug-2002 01:24 |
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'Get Filename without path and
extension':
$filename=current(split("\.",basename($SCRIPT_NAME)));
That's
the shortest one. Right?
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ibyte at SPAMMEANDDIEnoxs dot nl
29-Sep-2002 11:02 |
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I have a small amendment to darianlassan's 'filename without path and
extension' line:
$filename = current(explode('.',
basename($SCRIPT_NAME)));
As it says on the split()
page:
"Note that if you don't require the power of regular
expressions, it is faster to use explode(), which doesn't incur the
overhead of the regular expression engine."
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simon at blueshell dot dk
14-Nov-2002 03:36 |
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basename() and dirname() both accept a relative path/filename as input.
Example:
print basename('./public_html/index.php'); /* returns
'index.php' here */
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