PHP » I/O » dirname()
- Syntax:
- string dirname(string filepath)
- filepath
- A filename.
Extracts the directory name from a file path.
dirname() is similar to basename(), but returns the directory instead.
Examples
Code:
<?php
$filename = "/var/tmp/phptest.log";
print dirname($filename);
?> Output:
/var/tmp Explanation:
Prints the directory part of a file path.
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