dirname - Return to the directory part in the path

Name:dirname

Category:File system

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Returns the directory name part in the path.

Definition and usage

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

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

Output:

 c:/testweb
/testweb

 dirname ( path )

parameter	describe
path	Required. Specify the path to be checked.

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

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