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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T21:08:36+00:00 2026-05-13T21:08:36+00:00

So say I have a string like so of a path $path = ‘/path/to/../../up/something.txt’;

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So say I have a string like so of a path

$path = '/path/to/../../up/something.txt';

Is there a way built into PHP to parse it and come up with a URL without the directory ups (../) ?

E.g.

$path = parsePath('/path/to/../../up/something.txt'); // /up/something.txt
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    2026-05-13T21:08:37+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 9:08 pm
    realpath($path);
    

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