(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
chdir — Change directory
$directory
) : bool
Changes PHP's current directory to
directory.
directoryThe new current directory
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Throws an error of level E_WARNING on failure.
Example #1 chdir() example
<?php
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "\n";
chdir('public_html');
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "\n";
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
/home/vincent /home/vincent/public_html
Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.