PHP Get name of current directory

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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?

score 331 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 19 '19 at 11:17

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getcwd();

or

dirname(__FILE__);

or (PHP5)

basename(__DIR__)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php

http://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.

edited Jun 19 '19 at 11:17

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answered Apr 03 '12 at 16:21

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And `basename(__DIR__)` in PHP 5 – Xeoncross Apr 03 '12 at 16:30
This is giving me the whole path. Is there a way of getting just the directory name? – Satch3000 Apr 03 '12 at 16:56
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@Satch3000 `basename(getcwd())` – Andreas Wong Apr 03 '12 at 17:04
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Note that if you use an include or a required, `__DIR__` is the path of the included file and NOT the current directory – Sebastien Horin Feb 16 '15 at 12:41
This is a bit misleading. `__DIR__` is basically equivalent to `dirname(__FILE__)` (https://stackoverflow.com/a/2749423/446106). `basename(__DIR__)` is not. – mwfearnley Jan 10 '23 at 12:26

yesnik · Answer 2 · 2014-08-01T05:44:18.813

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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"

edited Aug 01 '14 at 05:44

answered Aug 01 '14 at 05:31

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score 19 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 19 '21 at 14:08

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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

edited Apr 19 '21 at 14:08

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answered Mar 14 '13 at 10:35

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The OP seems to have already accepted an answer to their problem. Although you've clearly added value, do you need to vent your furstrations here? – Dutts Mar 14 '13 at 11:01
http://stackoverflow.com/help/formatting will explain how to make things **bold** avoiding the use of caps, which you have quite rightly pointed out denotes shouting on the internet. – Dutts Jun 27 '13 at 13:59

score 13 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 28 '13 at 19:03

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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 '13 at 19:03

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As long as you have PHP 5.3 or higher – Display Name is missing Sep 28 '13 at 19:23

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 24 '13 at 01:42

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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 '13 at 01:42

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Watch out, in Linux servers we do not use backslash but the slash. PHP has a magic constant to make it cross platform, see `PATH_SEPARATOR` – renoirb Aug 22 '14 at 15:35

score 4 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 19 '19 at 08:37

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$myVar = str_replace('/', '', $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]);

libs/images/index.php
Result: images

edited Jun 19 '19 at 08:37

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answered Aug 16 '16 at 00:28

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 01 '21 at 04:32

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.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 30 '21 at 08:44

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)

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 04 '22 at 09:06

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basename(getcwd()); // returns only the current working dir name.

answered Mar 04 '22 at 09:06

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FYI: This question is rather old and a good and accepted answer has already been posted the very same day, including a comment with your exact answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9997400/801652 Be sure to read all the answers before posting one yourself with the same content – davethebrave Mar 04 '22 at 11:20

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