SplFileInfo::getPathInfo

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

SplFileInfo::getPathInfo — Gets an SplFileInfo object for the path

public SplFileInfo::getPathInfo(?string $class = null): ?SplFileInfo

Gets an SplFileInfo object for the parent of the current file.

class: Name of an SplFileInfo derived class to use, or itself if null.

Returns an SplFileInfo object for the parent path of the file on success, or null on failure.

Version	Description
8.0.0	`class` is now nullable.

Example #1 SplFileInfo::getPathInfo() example

<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('/usr/bin/php');
$parent_info = $info->getPathInfo();
var_dump($parent_info->getRealPath());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(8) "/usr/bin"