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PHP chdir Function: Changing the Working Directory

This article explains PHP's chdir function, detailing its syntax, parameters, return values, and provides a practical example demonstrating how to change the current working directory and verify the change using getcwd in a script.

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PHP chdir Function: Changing the Working Directory

The chdir function changes PHP's current working directory to the specified path.

Signature: bool chdir(string $directory)

Parameter $directory is the new working directory.

It returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example:

The example prints the directory before and after calling chdir , showing the change from the original path to public_html .

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