Trouble passing directory info

[IamStang]

I have a problem that I hope someone can help me out with. I need to write a variable like the one below to a file. Currently, I am trying to do this similar to as shown below, to no avail:

$dirPath = "C:\script_pages\myPHPscript\";
$userName = "Bob"; //Could be anything.

$EmpHTMLFile = "my_data.txt";
	$Emp_html = fopen($EmpHTMLFile, "a");
	fwrite($Emp_html, $dirPath."/".$userName.".html\n");
	fclose($Emp_html);

The code above simply writes "Bob.html" in the file without the directory path. Granted, the backslash(\) is generally used for other purposes in PHP. So, I changed them to foward slashes with no luck either.

If I change

fwrite($Emp_html, $dirPath."/".$userName.".html\n");

to

fwrite($Emp_html, "C:/script_pages/myPHPscript/".$userName.".html\n");

It works fine.

Is there a way to pass the directory path via a variable? Similar to my first attempt?

Thanks!
IamStang

 

[predamarcel]

Eventually change
$dirPath = "C:\script_pages\myPHPscript\";
to
$dirPath = "C:/script_pages/myPHPscript/";

you have to decide :
- have to use / (slash)
- or \ (backslash) , better escaped slash: \\ "C:\script_pages\myPHPscript\"

In a mixed sentence, like
$dirPath = "C:\script_pages\myPHPscript\";
...
fwrite($Emp_html, $dirPath."/".$userName.".html\n");

the result is ambiguous.



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[IamStang]

Thanks!

I figured it out using the dirname() function.