basename

I have the following path name being echoed...

C:\tempw\a.txt

i just want the filename however. How do i get this??

i know i use basename and i have been trying

$filename = basename ($carpic);

where $carpic is the path C:\tempw\a.txt

can anyone else help?

would think you'll have to do:

$carpic = stripslashes($carpic);
$filename = basename ($carpic);
echo $filename;

I'm not sure what exactly your problem is....

<?
$carpic = "C:\tempw\a.txt " ;
$filename = basename ($carpic);
echo $filename ;
?>

Is that what you want?

hey jp!

i tried what you say

the path is now being echoed as C:\temp\a.txt

as is the filename!!!

It doesn't seen to be stripping the filename from the end!!

Remember all i want is a.txt... Any ideas??

dont actually need the strip slashes it transpires:

$carpic = "C:\\tempw\\a.txt";
$filename = basename ($carpic); 
echo $filename;

outputs:
a.txt

on mine.

yeah jp
but i have

$carpic='C:\temp\a.txt';
$filename = basename($carpic);
echo "$filename";

It doesn't seem to like the double slashes

sorry for the trouble!

no, that's what i have too - it's just that the php thing thinks that i'm escaping one of them and so isnt displaying it in the code above.

I have double slashes in my code and it works perfectly.

and if basename really doesn't work, use:

$parts = explode("\",$fullpath);
$file = $parts[sizeof($fullpath)-1];

note: this will work on Win systems only, for UNIX/Linux replace \ with /