(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)
dirname -- Returns directory name component of path
Description
string dirname (string path)
Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the name of the
directory.
On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash (\) are used as path separator
character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (/).
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Example 1. dirname() example
$path = "/etc/passwd";
$file = dirname ($path); // $file is set to "/etc"
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See also: basename()
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