note 82002 added to function.dirname

Inside of script.php I needed to know the name of the containing directory. For example, if my script was in '/var/www/htdocs/website/somedir/script.php' i needed to know 'somedir' in a unified way. The solution is: <?php $containing_dir = basename(dirname(__FILE__)); ?> Previously I had something very ugly, like this: <?php // exploding path into array $path_arr = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, dirname(__FILE__)); // the last entry $containing_dir = $path_arr[count($path_arr)-1]; ?> ---- Server IP: 82.177.164.100 Probable Submitter: 79.189.151.26 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/82002 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82002 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/82002 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php