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Asked: 2026-05-16T12:08:19+00:00

lets say we have a directory. project/index.php in index.php <?php require ‘config/config.php’; echo ROOTPATH;

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lets say we have a directory.

project/index.php

in index.php

<?php
require 'config/config.php';
echo ROOTPATH;
?>

project/config/config.php

<?php
define('ROOTPATH', rtrim(dirname(__FILE__), '\\/'));
?>

it will return like
D:\Project Storage\Web Projects\www\project\config.

question:

  1. is there an easy way to get the rootpath without puting it on the project folder ? ( i know this is supid but i cant stand to ask )

  2. is there a way to get the \project\ ( root folder ) ? even if we change the folder location ?

Thanks

Adam Ramadhan

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please leave a comment if you dont understand what i mean.

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  1. Editorial Team

    realpath() ITs your friend.. for example:

    in config/config.php

    define('ROOTPATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/..'));

    Or to get the folder above project:

    define('ROOTPATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../..'));

    I dont work on windows, but if i recall realapath will sort out the slashes for you… if thats not the case then use the DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant for compatibility.

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