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Scripts: PHP: Find your base directory

This script will output the path to your base directory (aka "Document Root"), which often needs to be used in Perl & PHP scripts.

<?php

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# Neither http://www.4webhelp.net/ nor its members accept any             #
# responsibility, either expressed or implied, for any damage caused by   #
# using this script or the misuse of this script.                         #
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#                          INSTRUCTIONS                                   #
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# 1) Copy this code to an editor such as Notepad and save it with a       #
# .php  extension.                                                        #
# 2) FTP this file to a folder on your site in ASCII mode                 #
# 3) Call up this file in your web browser to see your document root      #
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###########################################################################

print ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);

?>

<p>This script courtesy of <a href="http://www.4webhelp.net/">4WebHelp</a>.</p>

Comments
Name: Ron	rdelrosario at ftsp dot ten dot fujitsu dot com
thank you for this! Really helped!
Name: Mark	none
Would it not be better just to use an info.php file for all this stuff, you not only get paths but all Apache info
Name: Paula	none
My register globals are off, yet "echo getcwd()" works for me.
Name: fwd	none
echo getcwd(); That prints the current working dir. and always works...
Name: Arkitekt	ark at arkitekture dot com
PERFECT... exactly what I needed. Was dealing with a host that had a file structure that I was totally unfamiliar with and the CMS program required the full path to root... THANKS!
Name: Tim B	none
omg i cant beleave its that simple, ive been lookin for this exact thing for the past 15 hours and i couldnt find it in my php books or on php.net, cant beleave its as simple as "print ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);" thank you for this
Name: thessoro	standby at ono dot com
<?php echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; ?> will always work from PHP 4.1.0 version. The script above depends on "register_globals" being "On" (in that case you'd better turn it Off) register_globals is off by default since PHP 4.2.0 due to the potencial risk of variable poisoning.
Name: gabriella	none
superb! a truly great little script!

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