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<h1 class="refname">SplFileInfo::getPathInfo</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SplFileInfo::getPathInfo</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets an SplFileInfo object for the path</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.splfileinfo.html" class="type SplFileInfo">SplFileInfo</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SplFileInfo::getPathInfo</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$class_name</code></span>
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Gets an <a href="class.splfileinfo.html" class="classname">SplFileInfo</a> object for the parent of the current file.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">class_name</code></em></span>
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Name of an <a href="class.splfileinfo.html" class="classname">SplFileInfo</a> derived class to use.
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Returns an <a href="class.splfileinfo.html" class="classname">SplFileInfo</a> object for the parent path of the file.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>SplFileInfo::getPathInfo()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$info </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplFileInfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/usr/bin/php'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$parent_info </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$info</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPathInfo</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$parent_info</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getRealPath</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
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string(8) "/usr/bin"
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splfileinfo.setinfoclass.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileInfo::setInfoClass()</a> - Sets the class used with getFileInfo and getPathInfo</span></li>
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