Echo/List previous folder?

[yakking]

I found a php code that will echo/list the current folder that the file is in:

 

 

<?php

foreach(glob('directoryname/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) as $dir) {
    $dir = str_replace('directory/', '', $dir);
    echo $dir;
}
; ?>
 

 

Is it possible to have the same thing except echo/list the previous folder that the file is in?

 

Thanks for any help!

[Barand]

What file? There is no mention of files in your code.

 

By "previous" do you mean the folder that the file was in before being moved to its current location?

[yakking]

Hi Barand

 

Sorry I should have expanded on what I was asking.

That above code is in a php file, if you request that php file in a browser it prints/echos the current folder that the php file is in. e.g. /directoy/name/

 

So what I am asking is there a way to print/echo the folder/directory that the /directory/name/ folder is in I can't think of the terminology, I think its called parent directory. e.g. /folder<--/name/ so the php file is in the /name/ folder I would like to print the /folder/ part. Now heres the catch, the /folder/ can actually be named anything, hence why I need the code to echo/print it, it's not static.

 

Thanks for any help you can provide!

[Ch0cu3r]

Use dirname to get the parent directory

$currentDir = getcwd();
$parentDir = dirname($currentDir);

echo "Currently in diretory: $currentDir<br />
Parent Directory is: $parentDir";

If you only want the parent directory name and not the path then apply basename to $parentDir

[yakking]

Thanks Ch0cu3r!

That's so close to what I am after! With those examples it returns all the folder paths e.g /home/public_html/folder_here/another_folder

So if I use basename can I get just the /folder_here/  and not the whole /home/public_html/folder_here/another_folder path?
I had a look at the basename examples in the link, is there an example that I would understand?

[Ch0cu3r]

The PHP manual is as clear as it will get. You pass the file path as the first argument. It returns the parent directory name.

 

This is what I meant by apply basename to $parentDir

echo "Currently in diretory: $currentDir<br />
Parent Directory is: " . basename($parentDir);

[Barand]

There may be confusion here between basename() and dirname()
 

$dir = " /home/public_html/folder_here/another_folder"; 
   
echo basename($dir).'<br>';  //--> another_folder

echo dirname($dir).'<br>';   //--> /home/public_html/folder_here