How to get the last dir from a path in a string

Question

I am trying to get the last folder name from a path that i store in a string.

e.g: Home/new_folder/test

result = test 

Answer 1

Use basename

basename('Home/new_folder/test'); // output: test 

As a side note to those who answered explode:

To get the trailing name component of a path you should use basename! In case your path is something like $str = "this/is/something/" the end(explode($str)); combo will fail.

Answer 2

You can use basename() function:

$last = basename("Home/new_folder/test");