public static function getParentPathFromPath($path)
 {
     $array = StringUtility::getExplodedStringArray('/', $path);
     $count = count($array);
     if ($count == 1) {
         return "/";
     } else {
         if ($count > 1) {
             return implode('/', array_slice($array, 0, count($array) - 1));
         }
     }
     return "";
     // empty string
 }