Get base name of current DirectoryIterator item.

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# DirectoryIterator::getBasename

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2)

DirectoryIterator::getBasename — Get base name of current DirectoryIterator item.

### Description

public string DirectoryIterator::getBasename ([ string `$suffix` ] )

Get the base name of the current DirectoryIterator item.

### Parameters

`suffix`

  If the base name ends in `suffix`, this will be cut.

### Return Values

The base name of the current DirectoryIterator item.

### Examples

Example #1 A DirectoryIterator::getBasename example

This example will list the full base name and the base name with suffix .jpg removed for the files in the directory containing the script.

`<?php
$dir = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($dir as $fileinfo) {
if ($fileinfo->isFile()) {
echo $fileinfo->getBasename() . "\n";
echo $fileinfo->getBasename('.jpg') . "\n";
}
}
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    apple.jpg
    apple
    banana.jpg
    banana
    index.php
    index.php
    pear.jpg
    pear

### See Also

- DirectoryIterator::getFilename - Return file name of current DirectoryIterator item.
- DirectoryIterator::getPath - Get path of current Iterator item without filename
- DirectoryIterator::getPathname - Return path and file name of current DirectoryIterator item
- basename() - Returns filename component of path
- pathinfo() - Returns information about a file path

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