SplFileInfo::getBasename

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2)

SplFileInfo::getBasename — Gets the base name of the file

Description

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

This method returns the base name of the file, directory, or link without path info.

Parameters

suffix

Optional suffix to omit from the base name returned.

Return Values

Returns the base name without path information.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileInfo::getBasename() example

<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('file.txt');
var_dump($info->getbaseName());

$info = new SplFileInfo('/path/to/file.txt');
var_dump($info->getbaseName());

$info = new SplFileInfo('/path/to/file.txt');
var_dump($info->getbaseName('.txt'));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(8) "file.txt"
string(8) "file.txt"
string(4) "file" 

See Also

• SplFileInfo::getFilename() - Gets the filename