PHP | getcwd() Function

Hello dear readers! welcome back to another edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP getcwd() Function.

The built-in PHP getcwd() function gets the current working directory.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

string getcwd ( void );

READ: PHP | dir() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	void NA

Return Value

This function returns the current working directory on success and FALSE on failure.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   echo getcwd() . "\n";
   
   getcwd('html');
   
   echo getcwd() . "\n";
?> 

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

 /home/webdesigntutorialz
/home/webdesigntutorialz/html

READ: PHP | closedir() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP opendir() Function.

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