basename() Function in PHP

The basename() function returns the filename from a path.


Structure: basename(path,suffix)

path, Required. Specifies the path to check.
suffix, Optional. Specifies a file extension. If the filename has this file extension, the file extension will not show.

Example:

$path = "/testweb/home.php";

//Show filename with file extension
echo basename($path) ."
“;

//Show filename without file extension
echo basename($path,”.php”);
?>

OUTPUT:

home.php
home

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