SplFileInfo::getBasename

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)

Gets the base name of the file

public string SplFileInfo::getBasename ([ string $suffix ] )

This method returns the base name of the file, directory, or link without path info.

Parameters:

suffix

Optional suffix to omit from the base name returned.

Returns:

Returns the base name without path information.

Examples:

SplFileInfo::getBasename() example

<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('file.txt');
var_dump($info->getBasename());
 
$info = new SplFileInfo('/path/to/file.txt');
var_dump($info->getBasename());
 
$info = new SplFileInfo('/path/to/file.txt');
var_dump($info->getBasename('.txt'));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(8) "file.txt"
string(8) "file.txt"
string(4) "file"