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Jaquarh
Jaquarh

Reputation: 6693

PHP : Get current directory name

I have a function that returns the current folder name:

function the_page_title()
{
    $page_name = dirname(__FILE__);
    $each_page_name = explode('/', $page_name);
    $len_page_dir = count($each_page_name);
    $c_i_p_n = 0;
    while($len_page_dir != $c_i_p_n)
    {
        $c_i_p_n++;
    }
    echo $each_page_name[$c_i_p_n];
}

However, this returns what $page_name holds and not the folder I am currently in.

When I print_r($each_page_name) I get this:

Array ( [0] => [1] => home [2] => kyleport [3] => public_html [4] => inc ) /home/kyleport/public_html/inc

Could anyone point me in the right direction because I have no clue where this is going wrong :( Thank-you!

In this case, I want it to display inc

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4537

Answers (7)

Aaron
Aaron

Reputation: 10450

Just to add my suggestion to this list. If you simply want to get the current folder name. You could just use __DIR__ in combination with basename()

<?php $current_directory = basename(__DIR__); ?>

An example of structure and returned content, if the above was added to the file.php:

../directory-top/directory-sub/file.php output > directory-sub

Upvotes: 0

Rune Larsen
Rune Larsen

Reputation: 11

This little line of code did it for me.

echo basename(getcwd());

I just got the name of the folder I was looking for.

Upvotes: 1

CarlosCarucce
CarlosCarucce

Reputation: 3569

As said before, you should use getcwd() or, otherwise, your function will always return the folder where it's located instead of the current script directory.

Instead of explode, you could use basename;

function the_page_title()
{
    $page_name = getcwd(); // current script folder
    return basename($page_name);
}

<title><?php echo the_page_title(); ?></title>

Upvotes: 2

safin chacko
safin chacko

Reputation: 1390

You can use;

echo getcwd();

This returns the current working directory on success, or FALSE on failure.

Upvotes: 4

worldofjr
worldofjr

Reputation: 3886

You should be able to get the current directory with the predefined constant

__DIR__

which is the equivalent of

dirname(__FILE__)

so you should use

$each_page_name = explode('/', __DIR__);
$dir = end($each_page_name);
echo $dir;

Upvotes: 1

Jaquarh
Jaquarh

Reputation: 6693

I fixed my code:

function the_page_title()
{
    $page_name = getcwd(); // getcwd() gets the directory of the file you call the function from
    $each_page_name = explode('/', $page_name);
    $len_page_dir = count($each_page_name) -1;
    return $each_page_name[$len_page_dir];
}

use:

<title><?php echo the_page_title(); ?></title>

Upvotes: 0

DerVO
DerVO

Reputation: 3679

You just want the last element of an array:

$page_name = dirname(__FILE__);
$each_page_name = explode('/', $page_name);
echo end($each_page_name);

Upvotes: 5

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