stripping the filename from path

[elitedigital]

I am trying to write a php function which scripts the filename out of the end of a path. For instance, I would like

$tmp = 'c:\test\bob\bobs.php';

to be:

$tmp1 = 'c:\test\bob\'

any ideas?

I've tried exploding the string using
$test = explode("\", $tmp);

for ($i = 0; i < count($test)-1 ; i++) {
echo $test[$i];
}

but that doesn't seem to work.

thanks in advance

[lilleman]

Hi,

Use the [man]dirname[/man] function:

$tmp = 'c:/test/bob/bobs.php';
$path = dirname($tmp);
echo $path;

-- lilleman

[elitedigital]

Awesome, that worked! thanks again

I dont' know how to close this thread?

[lilleman]

Click the link that says "Mark Thread Resolved" on the bottom of this page.

-- lilleman