PHP: SplFileInfo::getPathname - Manual

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

SplFileInfo::getPathname — Gets the path to the file

Description

public function SplFileInfo::getPathname(): string

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"

Found A Problem?

_ michael ¶

15 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).