In Windows, getPathname might return a path with a mix of backslashes and forward slashes ('C:/some/path/to\a\file.txt'). Observed in PHP 5.2.9. By contrast, getRealPath will return a consistent result (all backslashes).
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7)
SplFileInfo::getPathname — Gets the path to the file
Returns the path to the file.
This function has no parameters.
The path to the file.
Example #1 SplFileInfo::getPathname() example
<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('/usr/bin/php');
var_dump($info->getPathname());
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
string(12) "/usr/bin/php"
In Windows, getPathname might return a path with a mix of backslashes and forward slashes ('C:/some/path/to\a\file.txt'). Observed in PHP 5.2.9. By contrast, getRealPath will return a consistent result (all backslashes).