PHP | basename() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP basename() Function.

The PHP basename() function returns the trailing name component of path.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

string basename ( string path [, string suffix] )

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Parameter Details

It has a given string containing a path to a file.

Return Value

This built-in function returns a base name of a file. If the filename ends in the suffix, this can also be cut off.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php

   $path = "/PhpProject/index.php";
   $file = basename($path);  //  $file is set to "index.php"
   echo $file . "\n";
   
   $file = basename($path, ".php");  // $file is set to "index"
   echo $file;

?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

index.php
index

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Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP chgrp() Function.

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