Php basename

PHP function basename

This function returns the file from a path.

Syntax basename

• path: specifies path to check
• suffix (option): file extension. If the file has this extension, do not include the extension when return.

basename(path, suffix);

Example 1

<?php
$fileimage = "/home/sophal/image/group.jpg";
echo basename($fileimage); // group.jpg

?>

Output

group.jpg

Example 2

<?php
$fileimage = "/home/sophal/image/group.jpg";
echo basename($fileimage,".jpg"); // group.jpg

?>

Output

group

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