PHP absolute path to root

Question

I can\'t believe PHP doesn\'t have an easy solution for this simple matter. ASP.NET has a ~ sign that takes care of this issue and starts everything from the root level. Her

Answer 1

The best way Using dirname(). Because SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] not working all servers, and also return server running path.

$root = dirname( __FILE__ );

$root = __DIR__;

$filePath = realpath(dirname(__FILE__));

$rootPath = realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);

$htmlPath = str_replace($root, '', $filePath);