Php/docs/function.pathinfo
pathinfo
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pathinfo — Returns information about a file path
Description
pathinfo
( string $path
[, int $options
= PATHINFO_DIRNAME | PATHINFO_BASENAME | PATHINFO_EXTENSION | PATHINFO_FILENAME
] ) : mixed
pathinfo() returns information about
path
: either an associative array or a string,
depending on options
.
Note:
For information on retrieving the current path info, read the section on predefined reserved variables.
Caution pathinfo() is locale aware, so for it to parse a path containing multibyte characters correctly, the matching locale must be set using the setlocale() function.
Parameters
path
The path to be parsed.
options
If present, specifies a specific element to be returned; one of
PATHINFO_DIRNAME
,PATHINFO_BASENAME
,PATHINFO_EXTENSION
orPATHINFO_FILENAME
.If
options
is not specified, returns all available elements.
Return Values
If the options
parameter is not passed, an
associative array containing the following elements is
returned:
dirname
, basename
,
extension
(if any), and filename
.
Note:
If the
path
has more than one extension,PATHINFO_EXTENSION
returns only the last one andPATHINFO_FILENAME
only strips the last one. (see first example below).
Note:
If the
path
does not have an extension, noextension
element will be returned (see second example below).
Note:
If the
basename
of thepath
starts with a dot, the following characters are interpreted asextension
, and thefilename
is empty (see third example below).
If options
is present, returns a
string containing the requested element.
Examples
Example #1 pathinfo() Example
<?php$path_parts = pathinfo('/www/htdocs/inc/lib.inc.php');echo $path_parts['dirname'], "\n";echo $path_parts['basename'], "\n";echo $path_parts['extension'], "\n";echo $path_parts['filename'], "\n"; // since PHP 5.2.0?>
The above example will output:
/www/htdocs/inc lib.inc.php php lib.inc
Example #2 pathinfo() example showing difference between null and no extension
<?php$path_parts = pathinfo('/path/emptyextension.');var_dump($path_parts['extension']);$path_parts = pathinfo('/path/noextension');var_dump($path_parts['extension']);?>
The above example will output something similar to:
string(0) "" Notice: Undefined index: extension in test.php on line 6 NULL
Example #3 pathinfo() example for a dot-file
<?phpprint_r(pathinfo('/some/path/.test'));?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array ( [dirname] => /some/path [basename] => .test [extension] => test [filename] => )
See Also
- dirname() - Returns a parent directory's path
- basename() - Returns trailing name component of path
- parse_url() - Parse a URL and return its components
- realpath() - Returns canonicalized absolute pathname