Javascript debugger
Website design
pathinfo
Returns information about a file path
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)
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_EXTENSIONandPATHINFO_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.
Examples
Example 664. 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
For information on retrieving the current path info, read the section on predefined reserved variables.