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PHP Filesystem Functions

PHP pathinfo() Function

Definition and Usage

The pathinfo() function returns the information of the file path in the form of an array.

Syntaxpathpathinfo(,)
Parameters Description
path Required. Specifies the path to be checked.
process_sections

Optional. Specifies the array elements to be returned. The default is all.

Possible values:

  • PATHINFO_DIRNAME - Only returns dirname
  • PATHINFO_BASENAME - Only returns basename
  • PATHINFO_EXTENSION - Only returns extension

Description

pathinfo() returns an associative array containing path information.

It includes the following array elements:

  • [dirname]
  • [basename]
  • [extension]

Tips and Comments

Note:If all units are not required, the pathinfo() function returns a string.

Instance

Example 1

<?php
print_r(pathinfo("/testweb/test.txt"));
?>

Output:

Array
(
[dirname] => /testweb
[basename] => test.txt
[extension] => txt
)

Example 2

<?php
print_r(pathinfo("/testweb/test.txt",PATHINFO_BASENAME));
?>

Output:

test.txt

PHP Filesystem Functions