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realpath

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

realpath — Returns canonicalized absolute pathname

Beskrivelse

string realpath ( string $path )

realpath() expands all symbolic links and resolves references to '/./', '/../' and extra '/' characters in the input path . and return the canonicalized absolute pathname.

Parameterliste

path

The path being checked.

Returneringsværdier

Returns the canonicalized absolute pathname on success. The resulting path will have no symbolic link, '/./' or '/../' components.

realpath() returns FALSE on failure, e.g. if the file does not exist. On BSD systems realpath() doesn't fail if only the last path component doesn't exist, while other systems will return FALSE.

Eksempler

Example#1 realpath() example

<?php
chdir
('/var/www/');
echo 
realpath('./../../etc/passwd');
?>

Ovenstående eksempel vil udskrive:

/etc/passwd