Description
mixed 
pathinfo ( string path [, int options] )
     pathinfo() returns an associative array
     containing information about path.  The
     following array elements are returned:
     dirname, basename
     and extension.
    
     You can specify which elements are returned with optional parameter
     options. It composes from
     PATHINFO_DIRNAME,
     PATHINFO_BASENAME and
     PATHINFO_EXTENSION. It defaults to return all
     elements. This function returns string if not all elements are requested.
    
     
| Example 1. pathinfo() Example | 
<?php$path_parts = pathinfo('/www/htdocs/index.html');
 
 echo $path_parts['dirname'], "\n";
 echo $path_parts['basename'], "\n";
 echo $path_parts['extension'], "\n";
 ?>
 | 
 
       Would produce:
       | /www/htdocs
index.html
html | 
 | 
    
     See also dirname(),
     basename(),
     parse_url()
     and realpath().