PHP: extract filename from a full path string

Easily return the filename component of a path with the built-in PHP basename() function. Useful for splitting a string path to get the filename.

code snippet:

<?php 
$path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php"; $file = basename($path);        // $file is set to "index.php" $file = basename($path, ".php"); // $file is set to "index" ?>

notes:

this example from the php.net documentation

http://snippetdb.com/php/filname-from-path