{"id":11028,"date":"2021-12-06T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=11028"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:35:30","slug":"get-current-working-directory-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/get-current-working-directory-php\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get the Current Working Directory in PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several ways to get the current working directory in <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/php\">PHP<\/a> depending on what you are working on. Generally, you want to use these methods to programmatically find out which directory a running script is in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Current Working Directory  Using the getcwd() PHP Function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This PHP function returns the current working folder on success and false on failure. The function is called with no parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On some Unix variants, getcwd() will return false if any one of the parent directories does not have the readable or search mode set, even if the current directory does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">echo getcwd();<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The above example will output something similar to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">\/path\/to\/folder<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Working Directory Using dirname() PHP Function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>dirname function returns a parent directory&#8217;s path or depending on the parameters you can define how far up the parent path you want to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get the current directory using dirname() you need to add the PHP predefined <strong>FILE<\/strong> constant or PHP_SELF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">require_once dirname(__FILE__) . &#039;\/folder\/script.php&#039;;\necho dirname($_SERVER[PHP_SELF]);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Either of the above examples will output something similar to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">\/path\/to\/folder<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using basename() PHP function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The basename function returns the trailing name component of path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">echo &quot;1) &quot;.basename(&quot;\/path\/to\/folder&quot;, &quot;.d&quot;).PHP_EOL;\necho &quot;2) &quot;.basename(&quot;\/path\/to&quot;).PHP_EOL;\necho &quot;3) &quot;.basename(&quot;\/path\/&quot;).PHP_EOL;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The above examples will output something similar to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">1) folder\n2) to\n3) path<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You have now learned three ways that you can get the current working directory in PHP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways to get the current working directory in PHP depending on what you are working on. 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