How to get full directory application path?

Question

I've a php application available in this path:

A:\Utenti\John\Programmi\Bitnami\Wampstack\apache2\htdocs\Log

I want take this full directory path, I actually tried with this:

$logPath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . rtrim($this->_logPath, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
var_dump($logPath);

but I get:

A:/Utenti/John/Programmi/Bitnami/Wampstack/apache2/htdocs/home/app_test/cfg

and should be:

A:/Utenti/John/Programmi/Bitnami/Wampstack/apache2/htdocs/Log/home/app_text/cfg

MORE DETAILS:

What's $this->_logPath?

is a class variable that contains the following: home/app_text/cfg, how you can see it's join to the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

Which WebServer I use?

I'm actually on Bitnami in localhost, but this system will work in any online web server.

Anyway, I almost fix the problem using this:

$logPath = __DIR__ . rtrim($this->_logPath, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

that return:

A:\Utenti\John\Programmi\Bitnami\Wampstack\apache2\htdocs\Log\Log/home/app_test/cfg

how you can see the Log folder is duplicated, but I don't think that using __DIR__ should fix the problem, maybe you guys have a more elegant solution?

We need a bit more code around the line you gave. It would also help to understand the setup you're using: LAMP, WAMP, etc. — Roy Falk, Feb 04 '16 at 19:35
@RoyFalk, Sure I've updated my question with other details and with another workaround. — Dillinger, Feb 04 '16 at 19:49
@RyanVincent any hint? I simply want take the app folder complete path.. — Dillinger, Feb 04 '16 at 20:00
See if http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9997391/php-get-name-of-current-directory helps... — Roy Falk, Feb 04 '16 at 21:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '16 at 21:06

I think you just need to add a / :

$logPath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . rtrim($this->_logPath, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

or you can get rid of the duplicate Log directory by using dirname:

$logPath = dirname(__DIR__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . rtrim($this->_logPath, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

How to get full directory application path?

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