Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the
base name of the file.
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 filename ends in suffix
this will also
be cut off.
Return Values
Returns the base name of the given path
.
ChangeLog
Version
Description
4.1.0
The suffix
parameter was added
Examples
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" ?>