dirname

Definition and usage

dirname() function returns the directory part in the path.

Example

 <?php
echo dirname ( "c:/testweb/home.php" ) ;
echo dirname ( "/testweb/home.php" ) ;
?>

Output:

 c:/testweb
/testweb

grammar

 dirname ( path )

illustrate

The path parameter is a string containing the full path to a file. This function returns the directory name after removing the file name.