extracting some useful data from variable

[graziano68]

Hello

I have a variable like this

$test="/usr/local/software/test";

and I want get only /usr/local/software from the variable above.
Which is the fast way to get it (possibly without using explode_array) ?

it should work also in other situations for example


$test="/usr/local/software/my/world";

should return "/usr/local/software/my"


Any help please ?

Thank you

[crmalibu]

dirname()

[graziano68]

Thanks (works perfectly)