Retrieving Directory Name from File Path Name in PHP
Q
How To Get the Directory Name out of a File Path Name in PHP?
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A
If you have the full path name of a file, and want to get the directory name portion of the path name, you can use the dirname() function. It breaks the full path name at the last directory path delimiter (/) or (\), and returns the first portion as the directory name. Here is a PHP script example on how to use dirname():
<?php
$pathName = "/temp/download/todo.txt";
$dirName = dirname($pathName);
print("File full path name: $pathName\n");
print("File directory name: $dirName\n");
print("\n");
?>
This script will print:
File full path name: /temp/download/todo.txt File directory name: /temp/download
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