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PHP

Posted by Thomas Wright
Thomas Wright
13,747 Points

Displaying Filename Only When Using Custom Field File

Hello,

I'm adding a section to a site using a custom post that includes a field that allows users to upload files that can be downloaded by visitors to the site.

I've been trying to use:

            <?php $path = "this needs to be the path from the file upload field";


                echo basename($path) ."<br/>";
            ?>

But it displays nothing. If I add an actual fake folder and file reference in the quotes above it displays correctly in the browser. Just can't seem to access my upload field in the quotes.

Any help is welcome!

1 Answer

Nicholas Coffey
Nicholas Coffey
4,260 Points
Nicholas Coffey
Nicholas Coffey
4,260 Points

This is because the function basename takes a parameter of a file path and not a string... so like /etc/stuff/whatever would return whatever. It should not have spaces, and should be representing a path and not a string.