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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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