PHP realpath() function and example

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PHP realpath() function and example
Posted on: October 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM

In this part of the tutorial we will learn about the function realpath() in context of file handling. And also we will see the example related to the realpath() function

Syntax for PHP realpath() Function

string realpath(file_path)

realpath() function returns absolute path from the root(/ in linux and c:\ in widow) in string form.
It interprets all the \ used for the relative path and the symbolic link
Then returns the absolute path.
On failure it returns FALSE value.

PHP realpath() Function with Example

Code of PHP realpath() Function
<?php
echo realpath("aa.txt");
?>
Output
C:\xampp\htdocs\filehandling\aa.txt

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