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

Here is what I use since I am not running > 5.2

function getCurrentOrParentDirectory($type='current')
{
    if ($type == 'current') {
        $path = dirname(__FILE__);  
    } else {
        $path = dirname(dirname(__FILE__));
    }
    $position = strrpos($path, '/') + 1;
    return substr($path, $position);
}

Double dirname with file as suggested by @mike b for the parent directory, and current directory is found by just using that syntax once.

Note this function only returns the NAME, slashes have to be added afterwards.