How to get the home directory from a PHP CLI script?

Question

From the command line, I can get the home directory like this:

~/

How can I get the home directory inside my PHP CLI script?

Answer 1

This is the method i used in a recent project:

exec('echo $HOME')

I saved it into my object by doing this:

$this->write_Path  = exec('echo $HOME');

But you could really save it any way you want and use it anyway you see fit.