is there a way to get the containing folder

[nickf1]

is there an easy way to get the name of the containing folder of a script

I know it is possible by manipulating strings using a combination of REQUEST_URI, SCRIPT_FILENAME and dirname - haven't actually coded it but know it won't be that hard.

Basically what I want to get from any one of these urls:

http://localhost/galleries/
http://localhost/galleries/image.php?blah&blah&blah
http://localhost/galleries/displayimage.php?blah

is the string

"galleries"

this code will execute on every page of my site so I would like the most efficient and simplest way of doing this.

any help will be met with much thanks and praise.

[NogDog]

One possibility (where $string is the url):

$dir = (preg_match('#/([^/]+)/[^/]*$#', $string, $matches)) ? $matches[1] : NULL;

[nickf1]

works like a charm thankyou