note 72631 added to function.getcwd

Take care if you use getcwd() in file that you'll need to include (using include, require, or *_once) in a script located outside of the same directory tree. example: <?php //in /var/www/main_document_root/include/MySQL.inc.php if (strpos(getcwd(),'main_')>0) { //code to set up main DB connection } ?> <?php //in home/cron_user/maintenance_scripts/some_maintenance_script.php require_once ('/var/www/main_document_root/include/MySQL.inc.php'); ?> In the above example, the database connection will not be made because the call to getcwd() returns the path relative to the calling script ( /home/cron_user/maintenance_scripts ) NOT relative to the file where the getcwd() function is called. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 208.49.239.226 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/72631 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72631 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/72631 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php