find the filename from a string with php

Question

public/images/portfolio/i-vis/1.jpg

How could i remove all the path regardless of what the filename is using php?

Answer 1

alternative solution. Just a bunch of explodes

$str='public/images/portfolio/i-vis/1.jpg';
$s = end(explode("/",$str));
print "filename " . $s."\n";
$e = explode(".", $s );
print "without extension: $e[0]\n";