PHP String Exercises: Get the filename component of the specified path

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Write a PHP script to get the filename component of the following path.

Sample path : "https://www.w3resource.com/index.php"

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Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Define the path of the file
$path = 'www.example.com/public_html/index.php';

// Extract the filename from the path using the basename() function
// The second argument ".php" specifies the suffix to be removed from the filename
$file = basename($path, ".php");

// Output the extracted filename
echo $file."\n";
?>

Output:

index

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• Define Path: It initializes a variable $path with the value 'www.example.com/public_html/index.php', representing the path of a file.
• Extract Filename: It uses the basename() function to extract the filename from the path specified in $path. The second argument " .php" is passed to specify that if the filename has a .php extension, it should be removed.
• Output Filename: It prints the extracted filename using echo.

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