Bug #70112 [NEW]: [RFE] Allow "dirname" to go up various time

From: remi Operating system: irrevelant PHP version: 7.0.0beta1 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:[RFE] Allow "dirname" to go up various time Description: ------------ We can find tons of code with $a = dirname(dirname($b)); $c = dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))); etc Could be nice to be able to write $a = dirname($b, 2); $c = dirname(__DIR__, 3); etc Proposal: Add a new "nb" optional parameter. Function [ <internal:standard> function dirname ] { - Parameters [2] { Parameter #0 [ <required> $path ] Parameter #1 [ <optional> $nb ] } } As a minor, self-contained change, could probably target 7.0 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70112&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70112&r=mysqlcfg