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Esteban Rincon
Esteban Rincon

Reputation: 2110

php get foldername and filename of current file but from external script?

I'm not a PHP programmer but I need to get the current file name and parent folder name when using an included script (require_once(myscript))

I know that basename(__DIR__) and basename(__FILE__) give me the info, BUT! from the running script, which in turn returns a different result e.g:

Consider the following folder structure: 

/index.php 
/other.php 
/dir/util.php

if i have the function below in util.php

  public static function echoParentAndFileNames(){
      echo basename(__DIR__) . "<br />";
      echo basename(__FILE__) . "<br />";
  }

And I run the code bellow in index.php

require_once("dir/util.php");

Util::echoParentAndFileNames();

The output will be: dir and util.php and I want index.php and its parent folder name ...

So how can I call this script from an included file and have it show me the required info ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 58

Answers (1)

fusion3k
fusion3k

Reputation: 11689

To refer to current executing script you can use $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'].

So, you can change your function to:

public static function echoParentAndFileNames(){
    echo basename( dirname( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) ) . "<br />";
    echo basename( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) . "<br />";
}

From PHP Docs:

'SCRIPT_FILENAME'
The absolute pathname of the currently executing script.

Note:
If a script is executed with the CLI, as a relative path, such as file.php or ../file.php, $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] will contain the relative path specified by the user.

Upvotes: 3

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