The basename () function in PHP is a built-in function used to return the base name of a file


Syntax

basename(path, suffix)

Show filename, but cut off file extension for ".jpg" files

#example.php

<?php
$path = "images/pic.jpg";
//Show filename, but cut off file extension for ".jpg" files
echo basename($path,".jpg");
?>

Output:

pic

Method 2

<?php
    $xmlFile = pathinfo('/usr/admin/config/test.xml');

    function filePathParts($arg1) {
        echo $arg1['dirname'], "\n";
        echo $arg1['basename'], "\n";
        echo $arg1['extension'], "\n";
        echo $arg1['filename'], "\n";
    }

    filePathParts($xmlFile);
?>

Output:

/usr/admin/config
test.xml
xml
test