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# pathinfo

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)

pathinfo -- Returns information about a file path

## Description

array pathinfo ( string path [, int options])

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

You can specify which elements are returned with optional parameter options. It composes from `PHP_PATHINFO_DIRNAME`, `PHP_PATHINFO_BASENAME` and `PHP_PATHINFO_EXTENSION`. It defaults to return all elements.

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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