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<refentry xml:id="function.realpath" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>realpath</refname>
<refpurpose>Returns canonicalized absolute pathname</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>realpath</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>path</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>realpath</function> expands all symbolic links and
resolves references to <literal>/./</literal>, <literal>/../</literal> and extra <literal>/</literal> characters in
the input <parameter>path</parameter> and returns the canonicalized
absolute pathname.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>path</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The path being checked.
<note>
<para>
Whilst a path must be supplied, the value can be an empty string.
In this case, the value is interpreted as the current directory.
</para>
</note>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the canonicalized absolute pathname on success. The resulting path
will have no symbolic link, <literal>/./</literal> or <literal>/../</literal> components. Trailing delimiters,
such as <literal>\</literal> and <literal>/</literal>, are also removed.
</para>
<para>
<function>realpath</function> returns &false; on failure, e.g. if
the file does not exist.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The running script must have executable permissions on all directories in
the hierarchy, otherwise <function>realpath</function> will return
&false;.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
For case-insensitive filesystems <function>realpath</function> may or may
not normalize the character case.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
The function <function>realpath</function> will not work for a file which
is inside a Phar as such path would be a virtual path, not a real one.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
On Windows, junctions and symbolic links to directories are only expanded by
one level.
</para>
</note>
&fs.file.32bit;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>realpath</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
chdir('/var/www/');
echo realpath('./../../etc/passwd') . PHP_EOL;
echo realpath('/tmp/') . PHP_EOL;
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
/etc/passwd
/tmp
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title><function>realpath</function> on Windows</title>
<para>
On windows <function>realpath</function> will change unix style paths to
windows style.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo realpath('/windows/system32'), PHP_EOL;
echo realpath('C:\Program Files\\'), PHP_EOL;
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
C:\WINDOWS\System32
C:\Program Files
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>basename</function></member>
<member><function>dirname</function></member>
<member><function>pathinfo</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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