Get current filename PHP

Question

How do I get just the current file name with PHP?

If I am on URL:

website.com/content/content.php
or
website.com/content/content.php?get=get

I want to simply get:

content.php

With nothing more or less then that. But all I have found returns things like: -"website.com/content/content.php"
-"/content/content.php"

Thanks in advance.

for once, you can get the whole link name and explode on `/` and use the last value in the array :) — Ares Draguna, Dec 04 '14 at 14:03

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '14 at 14:03

7

Use:

basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])

Reference

answered Dec 04 '14 at 14:03

Pupil

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For me this returns: C:/Wamp/www/folder/folder/content.php – user2953063 Dec 04 '14 at 14:06
Answer updated, please check. – Pupil Dec 04 '14 at 14:07
Thanks, I have to wait a few minutes to "accept the answer". – user2953063 Dec 04 '14 at 14:08
Ok, please take your time. – Pupil Dec 04 '14 at 14:08
@user2953063, please select an answer as solution. – Pupil Dec 04 '14 at 14:19

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 12 '18 at 12:56

You've probably seen:

$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] // for example: /dir/dir/dir/script.php

or

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] // as above but not safe

My favorite:

basename(__FILE__) // script.php

basename() function returns you only filename of script without any dir. You can as well use it with any other input:

basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) // outputs: script.php

I prefer to avoid $_SERVER variables so I use magic variable __FILE__

Ankur Bhadania · Answer 3 · 2019-05-03T09:31:36.567

used the basename

echo basename(__FILE__); //it's return content.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.basename.php

<?php
echo "1) ".basename("/content/content.php", "").PHP_EOL;
echo "2) ".basename("/content/content.php", ".php").PHP_EOL;
echo "3) ".basename("/content/content").PHP_EOL;
echo "4) ".basename("/content/").PHP_EOL;
echo "5) ".basename(".").PHP_EOL;
echo "6) ".basename("/");
?>
//output 
1) content.php
2) content
3) content
4) content
5) .
6)

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 04 '14 at 14:04

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or you can use

echo __FILE__;

this is a magic constant (click for more info)

This will return the value with .php like you want. Check it!

answered Dec 04 '14 at 14:04

Ares Draguna

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this also returns: For me this returns: C:/Wamp/www/folder/folder/content.php – user2953063 Dec 04 '14 at 14:07
`__FILE__` itself returns full path from root to current file. Check my answer [link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27296059/3720605) – Forien Dec 04 '14 at 14:18

Get current filename PHP

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