note 79875 added to function.getcwd

This is a function to convert a path which looks something like this: /home/www/somefolder/../someotherfolder/../ To a proper directory path: <?php function simplify_path($path) { //saves our current working directory to a variable $oldcwd = getcwd(); //changes the directory to the one to convert //$path is the directory to convert (clean up), handed over to the //function as a string chdir($path); return gstr_replace('\\', '/', getcwd()); //change the cwd back to the old value to not interfere with the script chdir($oldcwd); } This function is really useful if you want to compare two filepaths which are not necesarily in a "cleaned up" state. It works in *NIX and WINDOWS alike ?> ---- Server IP: 87.238.162.147 Probable Submitter: 84.192.154.85 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/79875 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79875 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/79875 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php