note 123766 added to function.basename

Additional note to Anonymous's mb_basename() solution: get rid of trailing slashes/backslashes! <?php function mb_basename($path) { if (preg_match('@^.*[\\\\/]([^\\\\/]+)([\\\\/]+)?$@s', $path, $matches)) { return $matches[1]; } else if (preg_match('@^([^\\\\/]+)([\\\\/]+)?$@s', $path, $matches)) { return $matches[1]; } return ''; } echo mb_basename("/etc//"); # "etc" ?> ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.142 (proxied: 79.172.252.90) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.basename.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/123766 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123766 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/123766 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php