Php realpath

PHP function realpath

This function returns the absolute pathname of a given path.

Syntax realpath

dir is a given path

realpath(dir);

Note

This function will removed all the symbolic links (i.e '/./', '/../' and extra '/') and returns its absolute path.

Example 1

<?php
chdir('/etc/apache2/');
echo realpath('./../../etc/hosts');
echo '<br/>';
echo realpath('./../../etc/rsyslog.conf');
?>

Output

/etc/hosts
/etc/rsyslog.conf

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