Question

How to use the function basename() to get the filename from a path in PHP

Answer 1

$path = "c:/xampp/htdocs/knowrex.com/index.php";
$file = basename($path);

echo "File name: $file<br />";
   
/*
run:

File name: index.php
 
*/

 

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Answer 2

$path = "c:/xampp/htdocs/knowrex.com/index.php";

$file = basename($path, ".php");
 
echo "File name: $file<br />";
   
$file = basename($path, ".c");
 
echo "File name: $file<br />";   
   
/*
run:

File name: index
File name: index.php
 
*/

 

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