PHP: Returns information about a file path

Description

mixed pathinfo ( string $path [, int $options ] )

pathinfo() returns an associative array containing information about path .

Parameters

path: The path being checked.
options: You can specify which elements are returned with optional parameter options . It composes from PATHINFO_DIRNAME, PATHINFO_BASENAME, PATHINFO_EXTENSION and PATHINFO_FILENAME. It defaults to return all elements.

Return Values

The following associative array elements are returned: dirname, basename, extension (if any), and filename.

If options is used, this function will return a string if not all elements are requested.

ChangeLog

Version Description

5.2.0 The PATHINFO_FILENAME constant was added.

Examples

Example #1 pathinfo() Example


<?php

$path_parts = pathinfo('/www/htdocs/index.html');



echo $path_parts['dirname'], "\n";

echo $path_parts['basename'], "\n";

echo $path_parts['extension'], "\n";

echo $path_parts['filename'], "\n"; // since PHP 5.2.0

?>

The above example will output:

/www/htdocs
index.html
html
index

Notes

Note: For information on retrieving the current path info, read the section on predefined reserved variables.

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