PHP/File Directory/pathinfo

Getting path components and file extensions

   <source lang="html4strict">

<?php $info = pathinfo("/usr/local/php/php.ini"); echo $info["dirname"]; echo $info["basename"]; echo $info["extension"]; ?>

 </source>
   
  

pathinfo.php

   <source lang="html4strict">

<?php

  $pathinfo = pathinfo("data.txt");
  echo "Dir name: $pathinfo[dirname]
\n";
  echo "Base name: $pathinfo[basename] 
\n";
  echo "Extension: $pathinfo[extension] 
\n";

?>

 </source>