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  • Hugh Cowan
    #1

    Determining Directory of Script

    Hello,

    I am currently running PHP 4.3.2 on Windows NT 4.0.

    Is there anyway (I am sure there is but I just can't find it) that you
    can determine the path of the current script that is running?

    I have created a command line script that processes some files and I
    would like to be able to drop the script in a given directory and then
    run it from there.

    In this manner the "active directory" will change depending upon where
    I call the script from. Rather than having to change the script each
    time, or having to hard-code a directory in-place, I would rather keep
    it dynamic if possible.

    Thanks,

    Hugh
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    • André Næss
      #2
      Re: Determining Directory of Script

      Hugh Cowan:
      [color=blue]
      > I am currently running PHP 4.3.2 on Windows NT 4.0.
      >
      > Is there anyway (I am sure there is but I just can't find it) that you
      > can determine the path of the current script that is running?[/color]

      $cwd = dirname(__FILE_ _);

      This works across platforms.

      André Næss

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        • Randell D.
          #3
          Re: Determining Directory of Script


          "Hugh Cowan" <hwcowan@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
          news:46ca81a0.0 310141237.50b5a e8c@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
          > Hello,
          >
          > I am currently running PHP 4.3.2 on Windows NT 4.0.
          >
          > Is there anyway (I am sure there is but I just can't find it) that you
          > can determine the path of the current script that is running?
          >
          > I have created a command line script that processes some files and I
          > would like to be able to drop the script in a given directory and then
          > run it from there.
          >
          > In this manner the "active directory" will change depending upon where
          > I call the script from. Rather than having to change the script each
          > time, or having to hard-code a directory in-place, I would rather keep
          > it dynamic if possible.
          >
          > Thanks,
          >
          > Hugh[/color]

          Yep - view the output from phpinfo(); and it should help... There are
          methods to get the path of your running script in addition to the path of
          any file that was included, if it sat in a different folder... Always keep
          phpinfo in mind (check its syntax as some of the info you won't need and you
          can cut it down a bit with something like phpinfo(INFO_EN VIRONMENT) and
          phpinfo(INFO_VA RIABLES).... I always find them useful, especially with forms
          processing...


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            • Alan Little
              #4
              Re: Determining Directory of Script

              Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Hugh
              Cowan of comp.lang.php make plain:
              [color=blue]
              > Is there anyway (I am sure there is but I just can't find it) that you
              > can determine the path of the current script that is running?[/color]

              It sounds like you'll be using it in a consistent environment, so the
              previous suggestions should serve you well, but if not there's always ./

              This was something I went round and round with in Phorm, which has to run
              on all kinds of different platforms with all kinds of different
              configurations; some variables or commands would work in some
              circumstances and not in others. I don't know that there is any 100%
              cross-platform, cross-configuration way to determine the absolute path of
              the script.

              --
              Alan Little
              Phorm PHP Form Processor
              http://www.phorm.com/

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                • Hugh Cowan
                  #5
                  Re: Determining Directory of Script

                  André Næss <andrena.spamre allysucks@ifi.u io.no> wrote in message news:<bmhrs8$85 s$1@maud.ifi.ui o.no>...[color=blue]
                  > Hugh Cowan:
                  >[color=green]
                  > > I am currently running PHP 4.3.2 on Windows NT 4.0.
                  > >
                  > > Is there anyway (I am sure there is but I just can't find it) that you
                  > > can determine the path of the current script that is running?[/color]
                  >
                  > $cwd = dirname(__FILE_ _);
                  >
                  > This works across platforms.
                  >
                  > André Næss[/color]

                  Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!!!! Works perfectly -- just what I was
                  looking for. Thanks so much for the reply and answer. As other
                  people have posted there are some global variables that contain the
                  same type of information -- however I cannot seem to get access to
                  them.

                  When I run the phpinfo() function and look at the results displayed
                  there is nothing that shows the current directory, or directory of
                  current script. I noticed that if I look in the help manual there are
                  suppose to be a variety of variables that do just that, but I couldn't
                  find them.

                  I don't know if it's because I am running on Windows, or because I am
                  running scripts locally and not through a web-server??

                  Anyways -- it doesn't matter now, I have my answer and I can stop
                  pulling my hair out.

                  Thanks again,

                  Hugh

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