PHP dirname() function

This is used to get the parent directory name of the given directory or path to a file. It returns the directory name one above the current given directory.

Syntax

dirname($path, $level);

$path is the required parameter, it is the path to a file and $level is an optional parameter. It is an integer value greater than 0. It defines the number of levels up to the given path.

Example

<?php
    echo dirname('d:/media/animation.php');
	echo dirname('/demo/php/test', 2);
?>

Output of the above code

d:/media
/demo

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