Directory Functions

[TomTees]

Some questions about directories…

1.) Is there a function that will tell what the current directory is? (i.e. the directory the php file calling such a function is in.)

2.) Is there a function that will tell me what the highest directory is? (i.e. not necessarily “root”, but the highest folder that all of my PHP files are in. For example, I use NetBeans, and I may have a “project folder” called 01_MyFirstProject which sorta serves as root in NetBeans, but isn’t the highest folder.)

3.) Is there a function that tells me what the “Web Root” is? (e.g. on my web hosting account)

TomTees

[venkat6134]

This my helpful to your problem:
http://in3.php.net/manual/en/ref.dir.php

[TomTees]

I thought there were some functions like {SERVER_ROOT}…

TomTees

[salathe]

@TomTees

1.) Is there a function that will tell what the current directory is? (i.e. the directory the php file calling such a function is in.)

There is DIR for the current file. Also, cwd() or realpath(“.”) for the current directory which might not be the same as that of the file being executed.

@TomTees

2.) Is there a function that will tell me what the highest directory is? (i.e. not necessarily “root”, but the highest folder that all of my PHP files are in. For example, I use NetBeans, and I may have a “project folder” called 01_MyFirstProject which sorta serves as root in NetBeans, but isn’t the highest folder.)

I guess you could look at the paths from get_included_files() for a common prefix.

@TomTees

3.) Is there a function that tells me what the “Web Root” is? (e.g. on my web hosting account)

$_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] should give you that.