SplFileInfo::__toString

    (PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    SplFileInfo::__toString — Returns the path to the file as a string

    Description

    public SplFileInfo::__toString(): string

    This method will return the file name of the referenced file.

    Parameters

    This function has no parameters.

    Return Values

    Returns the path to the file.

    Examples

    Example #1 SplFileInfo::__toString() example

    <?php
    $info     = new SplFileInfo('foo');
    var_dump($info->__toString());
    echo     $info.PHP_EOL;

    $info = new SplFileInfo('/usr/bin/php');
    var_dump($info->__toString());
    echo     $info.PHP_EOL;
    ?>

    The above example will output something similar to:

    string(3) "foo"
foo
string(12) "/usr/bin/php"
/usr/bin/php

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    alvaro at demogracia dot com
    8 years ago
    It returns the exact $file_name string provided in the constructor, without further processing, normalisation or verification.
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