Server.MapPath equivalence in php

Solution:

As mentioned by bobdye,realpath will resolve and returns the full path.

You can also use__DIR__, its a magic constant that will return the full path of the current file that is being executed.

For example, if you have a file index.php inc:\inetpub\wwwroot\Staging\Boards\, you could do the following :

<?php

echo __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'pdfdownloads' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
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It will output :

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Staging\Boards\pdfdownloads\
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Using the constantDIRECTORY_SEPARATOR will let the PHP engine take care of using the right directory separator (\ or/) depending on the OS.

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