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plindsay on 09/18/08


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getParentDirName()

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retrieve the name of the parent directory

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  1. function getParentDirName($path = null) {
  2.  
  3. 	if (!isset($path)) $path = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
  4. 	$dir_path = dirname($path);
  5.  
  6. 	if (ereg('/', $dir_path)) {
  7. 		$dir_path_bits = array_reverse(explode('/', $dir_path));
  8. 		return $dir_path_bits[0];
  9. 	} else {
  10. 		return $dir_path;
  11. 	}
  12. }

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