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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.basename">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>basename</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns filename component of path</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>basename</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>path</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>suffix</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the
   base name of the file.    
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>path</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A path.
      </para>
      <para>
       On Windows, both slash (<literal>/</literal>) and backslash
       (<literal>\</literal>) are used as directory separator character. In
       other environments, it is the forward slash (<literal>/</literal>).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>suffix</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If the filename ends in <parameter>suffix</parameter> this will also
       be cut off.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the base name of the given <parameter>path</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>4.1.0</entry>
       <entry>
        The <parameter>suffix</parameter> parameter was added
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>basename</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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"
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>dirname</function></member>
    <member><function>pathinfo</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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