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DirectoryIterator	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

DirectoryIterator::getBasename

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

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

Description

public function DirectoryIterator::getBasename(string $suffix = ""): string

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()
DirectoryIterator::getPathname()
basename() - Returns trailing name component of path
pathinfo() - Returns information about a file path

DirectoryIterator::current	DirectoryIterator::getExtension

DirectoryIterator	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026