Get parent directory of running script

Question

In PHP, what would be the cleanest way to get the parent directory of the current running script relative to the www root? Assume I have:

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Answer 1

If I properly understood your question, supposing your running script is

/relative/path/to/script/index.php

This would give you the parent directory of your running script relative to the document www:

$parent_dir = dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) . '/';
//$parent_dir will be '/relative/path/to/'

If you want the parent directory of your running script relative to server root:

$parent_dir = dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])) . '/';
//$parent_dir will be '/root/some/path/relative/path/to/'