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                                   basename

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   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
   <?php
   $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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