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PHP URL and Parent Directory

You want to call/access the filea.php in Directory2 by the file2.php in Directory1. This is mean, file2.php needs to call filea.php at the same directory level.

• ParentDirectory
  • Directory1
    • file1.php
    • file2.php
  • Directory2
    • filea.php

in Directory1/file1.php

<?php
echo direname(___FILE___); 
?>

Output

/ParentDirectory/Directory1

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<?php
echo dirname(direname(___FILE___)); 
?>

Output

/ParentDirectory/

Call filea.php file from Directory1/file1.php

In file1.php needs to access filea.php

<?php
echo dirname(direname(___FILE___))."/Directory2/filea.php; 
?>

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