(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)
Gets absolute path to file
public string SplFileInfo::getRealPath ( void )
This method expands all symbolic links, resolves relative references and returns the real path to the file.
Returns:
Returns the path to the file, or FALSE
if the file does not exist.
Examples:
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()); $info = new SplFileInfo(""); var_dump($info->getRealPath()); ?>
The above example will output something similar to:
string(28) "/private/tmp/phptempfile.php" string(12) "/private/tmp" bool(false) string(12) "/private/tmp"
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