DirectoryIterator::getBasename

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2)

DirectoryIterator::getBasename — Get base name of current DirectoryIterator item.

Description

public string DirectoryIterator::getBasename ([ string $suffix ] )

Get the base name of the current DirectoryIterator item.

Parameters

suffix

If the base name ends in suffix, this will be cut.

Return Values

The base name of the current DirectoryIterator item.

Examples

Example #1 A DirectoryIterator::getBasename() example

This example will list the full base name and the base name with suffix .jpg removed for the files in the directory containing the script.

<?php
$dir = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($dir as $fileinfo) {
    if ($fileinfo->isFile()) {
        echo $fileinfo->getBasename() . "\n";
        echo $fileinfo->getBasename('.jpg') . "\n";
    }
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

apple.jpg
apple
banana.jpg
banana
index.php
index.php
pear.jpg
pear

See Also

• DirectoryIterator::getFilename() - Return file name of current DirectoryIterator item.
• DirectoryIterator::getPath() - Get path of current Iterator item without filename
• DirectoryIterator::getPathname() - Return path and file name of current DirectoryIterator item
• basename() - Returns filename component of path
• pathinfo() - Returns information about a file path