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

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