PHP create file in same directory as script

Question

$content = "some text here"; 
$fp = fopen("myText.txt","w"); 
fwrite($fp,$content); 
fclose($fp);

The above code creates a file in the folder where the PHP script is present. However when the script is called by Cpanel Cron then file is created in home directory.

I want file to be created in the same folder where the php script is present even if its run by cron.

How to do that ?

try `__DIR__ `constant to access current script directory or `basename( __FILE__)` if you are running old PHP interpreter — Maxvt, Jan 26 '18 at 08:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '18 at 08:10

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Try using __DIR__ . "/myText.txt" as filename.
http://php.net/manual/en/language.constants.predefined.php

answered Jan 26 '18 at 08:10

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 08:22

Try something like this, using the dirname(__FILE__) built-in macro.

<?php

$content = "some text here";
$this_directory = dirname(__FILE__);
$fp = fopen($this_directory . "/myText.txt", "w");
fwrite($fp, $content); 
fclose($fp);

?>

__FILE__ is the full path of the currently running PHP script. dirname() returns the containing directory of a given file. So if your script was located at /mysite.com/home/dir/prog.php, dirname(__FILE__) would return...

/mysite.com/home/dir

Thus, the appended "./myText.txt" in the fopen statement. I hope this helps.

PHP create file in same directory as script

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