PHP Get name of current directory
PhpPhp Problem Overview
I have a php page inside a folder on my website.
I need to add the name of the current directory into a variable for example:
$myVar = current_directory_name;
Is this possible?
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
getcwd();
or
dirname(__FILE__);
or (PHP5)
basename(__DIR__)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php
You can use basename() to get the trailing part of the path :)
In your case, I'd say you are most likely looking to use getcwd(), dirname(__FILE__) is more useful when you have a file that needs to include another library and is included in another library.
Eg:
main.php
libs/common.php
libs/images/editor.php
In your common.php you need to use functions in editor.php, so you use
common.php:
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/images/editor.php';
main.php:
require_once libs/common.php
That way when common.php is require'd in main.php, the call of require_once in common.php will correctly includes editor.php in images/editor.php instead of trying to look in current directory where main.php is run.
Solution 2 - Php
To get only the name of the directory where script executed:
//Path to script: /data/html/cars/index.php
echo basename(dirname(__FILE__)); //"cars"
Solution 3 - Php
You can use dirname(__FILE__) to get the path to the directory of the current file.
Example: /path_to/your_dir/your_file.php:
// use dirname to get the directory of the current file
$path = dirname(__FILE__);
// $path here is now /path_to/your_dir
// split directory into array of pieces
$pieces = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
// $pieces = ['path_to', 'your_dir']
// get the last piece
echo $pieces[count($pieces) - 1];
// result is: your_dir
Solution 4 - Php
echo basename(__DIR__); will return the current directory name only
echo basename(__FILE__); will return the current file name only
Solution 5 - Php
Actually I found the best solution is the following:
$cur_dir = explode('\\', getcwd());
echo $cur_dir[count($cur_dir)-1];
if your dir is www\var\path\ Current_Path
then this returns Current_path
Solution 6 - Php
$myVar = str_replace('/', '', $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]);
libs/images/index.php
Result: images
Solution 7 - Php
To get the names of current directory we can use getcwd() or dirname(__FILE__) but getcwd() and dirname(__FILE__) are not synonymous. They do exactly what their names are. If your code is running by referring a class in another file which exists in some other directory then these both methods will return different results.
For example if I am calling a class, from where these two functions are invoked and the class exists in some /controller/goodclass.php from /index.php then getcwd() will return '/ and dirname(__FILE__) will return /controller.
Solution 8 - Php
I use this line to get the actual file directory name without the path. (For windows)
substr(dirname(__FILE__), strrpos(dirname(__FILE__), '\\') + 1)
I changed it a bit to work on Linux also
substr(dirname(__FILE__), strrpos(str_replace('\\', '/', dirname(__FILE__)), '/') + 1)
Solution 9 - Php
basename(getcwd()); // returns only the current working dir name.