SplFileInfo::getPathInfo

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7)

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

public SplFileInfo SplFileInfo::getPathInfo ([ string $class_name ] )

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

class_name

Name of an SplFileInfo derived class to use.

Returns an SplFileInfo object for the parent path of the file.

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"