PHP: Get Base (Directory) From File (URL, Path)

Posted on September 7, 2008, under PHP,  Bookmark it

If you need to determine the base element from a URL or path of a file then this snippet can help you.

<?php
/*
Source: http://www.bitrepository.com/
*/
function Get_Base_From_File($file)
{
$find = '/';

$after_find = substr(strrchr($file, $find), 1);

$strlen_str = strlen($after_find);

$result = substr($file, 0, -$strlen_str);

return $result;
}

$file = 'http://www.domain.com/path/to/file.zip';

$base = Get_Base_From_File($file);

// Output: http://www.domain.com/path/to/
echo $base;
?>

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  • September 7, 2008
  • article by Gabriel C.
  • 2 comments

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2 Replies to "PHP: Get Base (Directory) From File (URL, Path)"

  1. Cyber Valdez
    May 26, 2009 at 3:16 AM
    Reply

    thanks! looking for this!

  2. Dewdwtf
    April 30, 2010 at 2:27 PM
    Reply

    it doesn’t work if the base URL doesnt have trailing slash,

    like http://domain.com

    returns htp://

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