PHP Manual: Pathname of current directory

stringfalse posix_getcwd()

Gets the absolute pathname of the script's current working directory. On error, it sets errno which can be checked using posix_get_last_error

This function has no parameters.

Returns a string of the absolute pathname on success. On error, returns false and sets errno which can be checked with posix_get_last_error.

Example #1 posix_getcwd example

This example will return the absolute path of the current working directory of the script.

<?php
echo 'My current working directory is '.posix_getcwd();
?>

Note:
This function can fail on

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