note 86881 deleted from function.getcwd by danbrown

Note Submitter: BigueNique at yahoo dot ca ---- Hey folks, here are a few tips. First, realpath() doesn't work in safe mode, so don't rely on it if you plan to deploy your site on a webfarm. Second, the quickest most reliable way to get the directory in which a script resides is to use "dirname(__FILE__)", so if you want to include, let's say /var/www/mysite/A.php from /var/www/mysite/B.php, no matter from which directory B.php was invoked: <?php include dirname(__FILE__) . "/B.php"; ?> Be careful when using $_SERVER values, as they might not be available on all platforms. I strongly suggest dumping the $_SERVER superglobal on different PHP setups you wish to support (Apache on Linux/Windows, IIS, etc...) before deciding to use them. Also keep in mind that $_SERVER keys starting with 'HTTP_' have been sent by the client (these are the request's HTTP headers), so their values are 1. not 100% reliable and 2. could be tweaked by an evilish user trying to break your site security.