SplFileInfo::getRealPath
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileInfo::getRealPath — Gets absolute path to file
Description
public SplFileInfo::getRealPath(): string|false
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns the path to the file, or false
if the file does not exist.
Examples
Example #1 SplFileInfo::getRealPath() example
<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('/..//./../../'.__FILE__);
var_dump($info->getRealPath());
$info = new SplFileInfo('/tmp');
var_dump($info->getRealPath());
$info = new SplFileInfo('/I/Do/Not/Exist');
var_dump($info->getRealPath());
$info = new SplFileInfo('php://output');
var_dump($info->getRealPath());
$info = new SplFileInfo("");
var_dump($info->getRealPath());
?>
The above example will output
something similar to:
string(28) "/private/tmp/phptempfile.php"
string(12) "/private/tmp"
bool(false)
bool(false)
string(12) "/private/tmp"