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SplFileInfo::__toString

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

Returns the path to the file as a string

Description

SplFileInfo::__toString(): string

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

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

Returns the path to the file.

Examples

SplFileInfo::__toString() example

php
<?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:

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

Source: reference/spl/splfileinfo/tostring.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)