Description
string dirname (string path)
Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the name of the directory.
On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash (\) are used as path separator character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (/).
Example 1. Dirname() example
$path = "/etc/passwd"; $file = dirname ($path); // $file is set to "/etc" |
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See also: basename()
