note 81517 added to function.getcwd

When running PHP on the command line, if you want to include another file which is in the same directory as the main script, doing just <?php include './otherfile.php'; ?> might not work, if you run your script like this: /$ /path/to/script.php because the current working dir will be set to '/', and the file '/otherfile.php' does not exist, because it is in '/path/to/otherfile.php'. So, to get the directory in which the script resides, you can use this function: <?php function get_file_dir() { global $argv; $dir = dirname(getcwd() . '/' . $argv[0]); $curDir = getcwd(); chdir($dir); $dir = getcwd(); chdir($curDir); return $dir; } ?> So you can use it like this: <?php include get_file_dir() . '/otherfile.php'; // or even.. chdir(get_file_dir()); include './otherfile.php'; ?> Spent some time thinking this one out, maybe it helps someone :) ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 77.81.204.37 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81517 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81517 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81517 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php