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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.

See also dirname(), basename(), parse_url() and realpath().

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