pathinfo

Definition and usage

pathinfo() function returns the information about the file path as an array.

Example

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

grammar

 pathinfo ( path , options )

illustrate

pathinfo() returns an associative array containing path information.

Includes the following array elements:

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