noob php question

[verbatim1]

f i want a variable to = the name of the folder the script is placed in, how would i write that?

script is in : /var/

http://www/html/userz/joe/

and i want the username to be 'joe'


any help offered is appreciated.

 

[nego78]

hm try something like this

$mypath = pathinfo($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
echo substr(strrchr($mypath["dirname"], "/"), 1);


gry online

 

[verbatim1]

sorry for explaining it wrong.

what i meant to say was, if thephp file is in a folder called 'joe'

how can i make a script that says $username = this folder

so that if the folder is 'joe' - $username = joe
will appear.

or if the folder the script is in is melissa
$username = melissa

 

[IamStang]

Assuming the username is being passed by a field named "username" in a submitted form:

<?php
$username = $_POST['username'];
$path = "/var/

http://www/html/userz/".$username."/";

if(isset($username)){
echo "The path to the directory is ".$path; }
?>

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="test.php">
<input type="text" name="username" size="10">
<input type="submit" value="Submit"></form>



should work. You'll need to verify the directory exists before trying to open any files in that directory of course.

IamStang