getcwd

  • PHP’s getcwd function returns the path to the current working directory as a string.

    PHP

    $cwd = getcwd();
var_export($cwd);
//=> "/path/to/foo"

    Ruby’s Dir.pwd method is equivalent.

    Ruby

    cwd = Dir.pwd
p cwd
#=> "/path/to/foo"

    see also

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