php remove last part of path

Question

I have a path like this:

parent/child/reply

How do I use php to remove the last part of the path, so that it looks like this:

parent/child

Thanks!

Answer 1

dirname($path)

And this is the documentation.

Answer 2

dirname()

Answer 3

dirname(). You can use it as many times as you'd like

• to get parent/child - dirname('parent/child/reply')
• to get parent - dirname(dirname('parent/child/reply'))