The Little Guy Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I would like to get the directory the current file is in, but all I am getting is nothing... var $dir = __dir__; // this just display __dir__ on the screen // OR var $dir = dirname(__file__); // this displays an error message: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';' why are neither of these methods working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamwest Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 echo getcwd(); Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 It's __DIR__ (available from PHP 5.3) and __FILE__ http://www.php.net/constants.predefined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 If your saying it is because I have them lowercase... These special constants are case-insensitive I found the reason __dir__ doesn't work, its because my php version is 5.2 and it was add 5.3 var $dir = dirname(__file__); doesn't work because I am using it as a property, and I don't believe you can use functions when registering a property. Am I wrong about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 If your saying it is because I have them lowercase... These special constants are case-insensitive Oh... good catch I found the reason __dir__ doesn't work, its because my php version is 5.2 and it was add 5.3 var $dir = dirname(__file__); doesn't work because I am using it as a property, and I don't believe you can use functions when registering a property. Am I wrong about that? Yeah. You need to do this assignment in constructor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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