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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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