how to extract the parent directory name from a path

[siva1117]

For Example let the path be,

$path = "protected/musics/composer/album/song.mp3";
I can extract the file name with the use of basename() function.
$path = basename($path, ".mp3");

Also I want to extract the last two directory names in a variable
example
$composer_name = composer //(extracted from the path $path);
$album_name = album //(extracted from the path $path)

Could you please someone help me out of this? Thanks in advance.

[Readie]

Are all the paths in exactley this format?

$path = "protected/musics/composer/album/song.mp3";

If so:

$path = "protected/musics/composer/album/song.mp3";
$path = explode("/", $path);
$song = $path[4];
$album = $path[3];
$composer = $path[2];

[siva1117]

thank u so much Readie it works. It may be a silly question but I'm a newbie to PHP.