I have a php page inside a folder on my website.
I need to add the name of the current directory into a variable for example:
$myVar = current_directory_name;
Is this possible?
hakre
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asked Apr 3, 2012 at 16:20
Satch3000Satch3000
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getcwd[];
or
dirname[__FILE__];
or [PHP5]
basename[__DIR__]
//php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php
//php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php
You can use basename[] to get the trailing part of the path :]
In your case, I'd say you are most likely looking to use getcwd[], dirname[__FILE__] is more useful when you have a file that needs to
include another library and is included in another library.
Eg:
main.php
libs/common.php
libs/images/editor.php
In your common.php you need to use functions in editor.php, so you use
common.php:
require_once dirname[__FILE__] . '/images/editor.php';
main.php:
require_once libs/common.php
That way when common.php is require'd in main.php, the call of require_once in common.php will correctly includes editor.php in images/editor.php instead of trying to look in current directory where main.php is run.
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answered Apr 3, 2012 at 16:21
Andreas WongAndreas Wong
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To get only the name of the directory where script executed:
//Path to script: /data/html/cars/index.php
echo basename[dirname[__FILE__]]; //"cars"
answered Aug 1, 2014 at 5:31
You can use dirname[__FILE__] to get the path to the directory of the current file.
Example: /path_to/your_dir/your_file.php:
// use dirname to get the directory of the current file
$path = dirname[__FILE__];
// $path here is now /path_to/your_dir
// split directory into array of pieces
$pieces = explode[DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path];
// $pieces = ['path_to', 'your_dir']
// get the last piece
echo $pieces[count[$pieces] - 1];
// result is: your_dir
George
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answered Mar 14, 2013 at 10:35
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echo basename[__DIR__]; will return the current directory name only
echo basename[__FILE__]; will return the current file name only
answered Sep 28, 2013 at 19:03
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Actually I found the best solution is the following:
$cur_dir = explode['\\', getcwd[]];
echo $cur_dir[count[$cur_dir]-1];
if your dir is www\var\path\ Current_Path
then this returns Current_path
answered Mar 24, 2013 at 1:42
AndrewAndrew
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$myVar = str_replace['/', '', $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]];
libs/images/index.php
Result: images
Oliver Nybo
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answered Aug 16, 2016 at 0:28
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To get the names of current directory we can use getcwd[] or dirname[__FILE__] but getcwd[] and dirname[__FILE__] are not synonymous. They do exactly what their names are. If your code is running by referring a class in another file which exists in some other directory then these both methods will return different results.
For example if I am calling a class, from where these two functions are invoked and the class exists in some /controller/goodclass.php from
/index.php then getcwd[] will return '/ and dirname[__FILE__] will return /controller.
answered Jan 1, 2021 at 4:32
I use this line to get the actual file directory name without the path. [For windows]
substr[dirname[__FILE__], strrpos[dirname[__FILE__], '\\'] + 1]
I changed it a bit to work on Linux also
substr[dirname[__FILE__], strrpos[str_replace['\\', '/', dirname[__FILE__]], '/'] + 1]
answered Sep 30, 2021 at 8:44
basename[getcwd[]]; // returns only the current working dir name.
answered Mar 4 at 9:06
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