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pathinfo

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3)

pathinfo -- Returns information about a file path

Description

array pathinfo ( string path)

pathinfo() returns an associative array containing information about path. The following array elements are returned: dirname, basename and extension.

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"; ?>
Would produce:
/www/htdocs index.html html

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

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