<?php
/*
* This file is part of the Symfony package.
*
* (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Util;
/**
* Contains utility methods for dealing with property paths.
* For more extensive functionality, use Symfony's PropertyAccess component.
* @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
class PropertyPath
{
* Appends a path to a given property path.
* If the base path is empty, the appended path will be returned unchanged.
* If the base path is not empty, and the appended path starts with a
* squared opening bracket ("["), the concatenation of the two paths is
* returned. Otherwise, the concatenation of the two paths is returned,
* separated by a dot (".").
* @param string $basePath The base path
* @param string $subPath The path to append
* @return string The concatenation of the two property paths
public static function append($basePath, $subPath)
if ('' !== (string) $subPath) {
if ('[' === $subPath[0]) {
return $basePath.$subPath;
}
return '' !== (string) $basePath ? $basePath.'.'.$subPath : $subPath;
return $basePath;
* Not instantiable.
private function __construct()