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How to find absolute path on a web-server (using PHP)

30th April 2007

When using PHP, the simplest way to find the absolute path of your files/folders on the server is by creating a simple path.php file with the following contents (click on the "Plain text" box header for copy-pasting):

PLAIN TEXT
PHP:
  1. <?php
  2. echo realpath(dirname(__FILE__));
  3. ?>

Put the new file anywhere in the web-accessible folder on your server,
then just access that file from your favourite web-browser - and you'll have the absolute path shown to you.

Alternatively, you may use the following code:

PLAIN TEXT
PHP:
  1. <?php
  3. ?>

This also should display the absolute path on your server.

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 13:53 and is filed under Notepad, PHP, Programming, Web. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “How to find absolute path on a web-server (using PHP)”

  1. Sabuj Kundu aka Manchumahara Says:
    April 12th, 2009 at 22:15

    Thanks. It works.

  2. Anup Says:
    April 19th, 2009 at 16:50

    Thanks a lot

  3. Vishal Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 22:20

    Thanks it worked.

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