SplFileInfo::getPathname
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileInfo::getPathname — Gets 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"
_ michael ¶ 14 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).