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^RecursiveDirectoryIteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

RecursiveDirectoryIterator::getSubPath

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

RecursiveDirectoryIterator::getSubPath — Get sub path

Description

public function RecursiveDirectoryIterator::getSubPath(): string

Returns the sub path relative to the directory given in the constructor.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The sub path.

Examples

Example #1 getSubPath() example

$directory = '/tmp';
      
      $it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory));
      
      foreach ($it as $file) {
          echo 'SubPathName: ' . $it->getSubPathName() . "\n";
          echo 'SubPath:     ' . $it->getSubPath() . "\n\n";
      }

The above example will output something similar to:

SubPathName: fruit/apple.xml
     SubPath:     fruit
     
     SubPathName: stuff.xml
     SubPath:     
     
     SubPathName: veggies/carrot.xml
     SubPath:     veggies

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^RecursiveDirectoryIteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026