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basename

Returns the file name part in the path
Name:basename
Category:File system
Programming Language:php
One-line Description:Returns the file name part in the path.

Example

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$path</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"/testweb/home.php"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token comment">//Show filename with file extension</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">basename</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$path</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token comment">//Show file names without file extension</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">basename</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$path</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">".php"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

Output:

 home.php
home
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