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posix_getcwd

Name

posix_getcwd — Get working directory pathname (POSIX.1, 5.2.2)

Synopsis

string posix_getcwd(void)

Returns

The name of the current working directory, or FALSE on error.

Description

This function returns the current working directory for the PHP process. Errors (for instance, if the current directory is not readable) will result in a FALSE being returned.

Version

PHP 3.0.13+, PHP 4.0b4+

Example

Example 1064. Getting the current working directory

if (FALSE === ($cwd = posix_getcwd())) {
    echo "Could not get working directory.\n";
} else {
    echo "The current working directory is '$cwd'.\n";
}

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