When changing dir's under windows environments:
<?php
$path="c:\temp"';
chdir($path);
/* getcwd() gives you back "c:\temp" */
$path="c:\temp\"';
chdir($path);
/* getcwd() gives you back "c:\temp\" */
?>
to work around this inconsistency
doing a chdir('.') after the chdir always gives back "c:\temp"
chdir
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
chdir — Change directory
Description
chdir
( string
$directory
) : bool
Changes PHP's current directory to
directory.
Parameters
-
directory -
The new current directory
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Errors/Exceptions
Throws an error of level E_WARNING on failure.
Examples
Example #1 chdir() example
<?php
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "\n";
chdir('public_html');
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "\n";
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
/home/vincent /home/vincent/public_html
Notes
Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.
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User Contributed Notes 2 notes
php dot duke at qik dot nl ¶
10 years ago
herwin at snt dot utwente dot nl ¶
13 years ago
When using PHP safe mode and trying to change to a dir that is not accessible due to the safe mode restrictions, the function simply fails without generating any kind of error message.
(Tested in PHP 4.3.10-16, Debian Sarge default)
