Javascript basename() and dirname()
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On: 2008 / 04 / 27
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For my next stuff I needed the Javascript equivalents of PHP functions basename() and dirname(). Nothing genius:

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  1. function basename(path) {
  2.     return path.replace(/\\/g,'/').replace( /.*\//, '' );
  3. }
  4.  
  5. function dirname(path) {
  6.     return path.replace(/\\/g,'/').replace(/\/[^\/]*$/, '');;
  7. }

It obviously supports paths like /home/ozh/stuff.php, http://site.com/file.ext or double backslashed Win32 paths such as C:\\dir\\document.txt.

Edit: Mister Ze in comments points out to PHP.JS, an ongoing project aiming to port PHP to Javascript. Some really neat stuff there.

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  1. Ze says:
    2008/04/28 at 12:07 am

    You can find many implementation of php functions in javascript here:

    http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/phpjs_licensing/

    basename() is implemented in php.JS project but no dirname(), propose your code :)

  2. Ozh says:
    2008/04/28 at 12:40 am

    Ze ยป cool ! :)

  3. Tarun Nagpal says:
    2013/02/04 at 11:10 am

    Thanks. This help

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