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

In PHP there is a global variable containing various details related to the server. It's called $_SERVER. It contains also the root:

 $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

The only problem is that the entries in this variable are provided by the web server and there is no guarantee that all web servers offer them.