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# basename

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

basename -- Returns filename component of path

## Description

``string basename` (string path [, string suffix])`

Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the base name of the file. If the filename ends in `suffix` this will also be cut off.

On Windows, both slash (`/`) and backslash (`\`) are used as path separator character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (`/`).

Example 1. basename() example
    $path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php";
    $file = basename ($path);        // $file is set to "index.php"
    $file = basename ($path,".php"); // $file is set to "index"

> Note: The `suffix` parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0.

See also: dirname()

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