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<h1 class="refname">SplFileInfo::getBasename</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SplFileInfo::getBasename</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the base name of the file</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-splfileinfo.getbasename-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SplFileInfo::getBasename</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$suffix</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This method returns the base name of the file, directory, or link without
path info.
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<div class="caution"><strong class="caution">Caution</strong>
<p class="para">
<span class="function"><strong>SplFileInfo::getBasename()</strong></span> is locale aware, so for it to see the
correct basename with multibyte character paths, the matching locale must
be set using the <span class="function"><a href="function.setlocale.html" class="function">setlocale()</a></span> function.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-splfileinfo.getbasename-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<code class="parameter">suffix</code></dt>
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<p class="para">
Optional suffix to omit from the base name returned.
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</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-splfileinfo.getbasename-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the base name without path information.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-splfileinfo.getbasename-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>SplFileInfo::getBasename()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$info </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplFileInfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'file.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$info</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getBasename</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$info </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplFileInfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/path/to/file.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$info</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getBasename</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$info </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplFileInfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/path/to/file.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$info</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getBasename</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
string(8) "file.txt"
string(8) "file.txt"
string(4) "file"
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-splfileinfo.getbasename-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="splfileinfo.getfilename.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileInfo::getFilename()</a> - Gets the filename</span></li>
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