PHP getcwd() Function – Retrieve the Current Working Directory

Function: getcwd() – obtains the current working directory.

Signature: getcwd(void): string Description: Returns the absolute pathname of the directory the script is executing in. On success it returns the directory path as a string; on failure it returns FALSE. On some Unix variants, if any parent directory lacks read or execute permissions, the function may still return FALSE even when the current directory itself is readable.

Parameters: None.

Return value: The current working directory as a string on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example:

<?php
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "
";
chdir('cvs');
// new current directory
echo getcwd() . "
";
?>

This script first prints the initial working directory, changes the directory to cvs, and then prints the new working directory.