How do I get a file name from a full path with PHP?

Question

For example, how do I get Output.map

from

F:\\Program Files\\SSH Communications Security\\SSH Secure Shell\\Output.map

Answer 1

I've done this using the function PATHINFO which creates an array with the parts of the path for you to use! For example, you can do this:

This will return:

/usr/admin/config
test.xml
xml
test

The use of this function has been available since PHP 5.2.0!

Then you can manipulate all the parts as you need. For example, to use the full path, you can do this:

$fullPath = $xmlFile['dirname'] . '/' . $xmlFile['basename'];