File::isAbsolute()

File::isAbsolute() -- checks wether the given path is an absolute path

Synopsis

    require_once 'File.php';

bool File::isAbsolute ( string $path )

This method checks whether the supplied path is an absolute path (eg. "/foo/bar" or "C:\foo\bar").

string $path - the path the will be checked.

This method returns TRUE if the path is absolute, FALSE otherwise.

This function can be called statically.

Using File::isAbsolute()

   
<?php
require_once 'File.php';

if (File::isAbsolute("/usr/local") {
 echo "Path is absolute";
} else {
 echo "Path isn't absolute";
}
?>

This short example will output the string 'Path is absolute'.