Answers for "php get directory from path"

php get directory

$currentDirectoryName = basename(__DIR__);
echo 'Currently in the '.$currentDirectoryName .' directory <br><br>';

$fullPath = dir(getcwd());
echo 'The full path is: ' . $fullPath->path . '<br>';

php get file location

# C:\Users\Redacted\Desktop\main.php
include __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'include.php';
echoScriptPath();

# C:\Users\Redacted\Desktop\include.php
function echoScriptPath() {
    list($scriptPath) = get_included_files();
    echo 'The script being executed is ' . $scriptPath;
}

php dirname

// dirname ( string $path [, int $levels = 1 ] ) : string

<?php
echo dirname("/etc/passwd") . PHP_EOL;
echo dirname("/etc/") . PHP_EOL;
echo dirname(".") . PHP_EOL;
echo dirname("C:\\") . PHP_EOL;
echo dirname("/usr/local/lib", 2);

// Above example outputs:

/*
	"/etc"
	"/" (or "\" on Windows)
	"."
	"C:\"
	"/usr"
*/