PHP Function dirname()

Syntax

string dirname ( string $path );

Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the name of the directory.

Parameter	Description
path	A file path.

Returns the base name of the given path.

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php
$path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php";
$dir = dirname($path);
echo "dirname is $dir\n";
?>

This will produce following result:

dirname is /home/httpd/html