The DirectoryIterator::getPathname() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the path and file name of the current DirectoryIterator item.
Syntax:
string DirectoryIterator::getPathname( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the path and file name of current file. The directories do not contain the trailing slash.
Below programs illustrate the DirectoryIterator::getPathname() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));   // Loop runs for each element of directory foreach($directory as $dir) {           // Display the path name     echo $directory->getPathname() . "<br>"; } ?> |
Output:
C:\xampp\htdocs\. C:\xampp\htdocs\.. C:\xampp\htdocs\applications.html C:\xampp\htdocs\bitnami.css C:\xampp\htdocs\dashboard C:\xampp\htdocs\favicon.ico C:\xampp\htdocs\neveropen.PNG C:\xampp\htdocs\gfg.php C:\xampp\htdocs\img C:\xampp\htdocs\index.php C:\xampp\htdocs\webalizer C:\xampp\htdocs\xampp
Program 2:
<?php   // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));   // Loop runs while directory element is valid while ($directory->valid()) {       // Check for directory element     if ($directory->isDir()) {           // Display the path name         echo $directory->getPathname() . "<br>";     }       // Move to the next element     $directory->next(); }   ?> |
Output:
C:\xampp\htdocs\. C:\xampp\htdocs\.. C:\xampp\htdocs\dashboard C:\xampp\htdocs\img C:\xampp\htdocs\webalizer C:\xampp\htdocs\xampp
Note: The output of this function depends on the content of server folder.
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/directoryiterator.getpathname.php
