SplFileInfo::getPathname

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SplFileInfo::getPathnameGets the path to the file

Description

public SplFileInfo::getPathname(): string

Returns the path to the file.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The path to the file.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileInfo::getPathname() example

<?php
$info
= new SplFileInfo('/usr/bin/php');
var_dump($info->getPathname());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(12) "/usr/bin/php"

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_ michael
13 years ago
In Windows, getPathname might return a path with a mix of backslashes and forward slashes ('C:/some/path/to\a\file.txt'). Observed in PHP 5.2.9. By contrast, getRealPath will return a consistent result (all backslashes).
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