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at February 20, 2013 21:26 by apphp-snippets
Initial Code 
<?php
// pathinfo() constants parameter list
// PATHINFO_DIRNAME  => directory name
// PATHINFO_BASENAME => name of file (w/out extension)
// PATHINFO_EXTENSION => file extension
// PATHINFO_FILENAME   => file name w/ extension
 
$path = '/images/thumbs/my_avatar.gif';
 
//outputs '/images/thumbs/'
echo pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_DIRNAME);
 
//outputs 'my_avatar'
echo pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_BASENAME);
 
//outputs 'my_avatar.gif'
echo pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
 
//outputs 'gif'
echo pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
?>
Initial URL 
http://www.apphp.com/index.php?snippet=php-get-file-path-data
Initial Description 
You may retrieve all needed file path data using PHP's built-in function pathinfo. You don't need to create your own functions or use regular expressions to get this info. It was already been created for this purpose.
Initial Title 
Get File Path Data in PHP
Initial Tags 
php, file, path
Initial Language 
PHP