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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):

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:

1. <?php
2. echo getcwd();
3. ?>

This also should display the absolute path on your server.

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 skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

17 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. Francis Says:
   May 22nd, 2010 at 1:41

   Oh Gosh,, I spent the whole day at work today trying to find this for my joomla site.. Really helpfull Thanks alot

4. ASC Says:
   May 28th, 2010 at 1:18

   Simple and brilliant. Couldn’t have been easier. Thanks

5. Gordy Chamberlain Says:
   August 29th, 2010 at 6:07

   Thank You! Saved my bacon as I had the wrong pathway.
   A big time saver for me.
   Onece again Thhhhhaaaanks

6. YourCustomBlog.com Says:
   February 23rd, 2011 at 23:44

   Worked perfectly for me — many thanks!

7. PropaneFitness Says:
   June 9th, 2011 at 1:02

   Thanks, you’re a lifesaver!

8. anonymous Says:
   July 20th, 2011 at 16:03

   Thanks alot.
   I was looking for this function for hours.

9. Fuad Says:
   July 25th, 2011 at 4:34

   thanks this php path information was really helpful

10. Thanks! Says:
    November 25th, 2011 at 6:00

    Thanks for the script, worked perfect!!!

11. Andrés Says:
    January 12th, 2012 at 19:13

    Work perfect, thank you very much.

12. vonbeau Says:
    January 17th, 2012 at 4:28

    Thank you, worked perfect for what I needed.

13. Ronal Says:
    November 20th, 2012 at 18:58

    thanks a lot, for this. very helpful

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    March 23rd, 2013 at 21:43

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15. Chris Says:
    September 6th, 2014 at 19:34

    You are awesome! It worked perfectly.

16. Arup Ghosh Says:
    July 15th, 2015 at 17:59

    Thnaks for the guide.

17. rumah joglo Says:
    October 8th, 2015 at 6:38

    It works,Thanks you

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