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How I Can I find My Server Path?

A one-line PHP snippet for printing a server's absolute filesystem path from the browser.

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archived post — originally published 2010; code is DEFINITELY out of date.

Originally published on erikshosting.com. Archived here.


Sometimes it is difficult to locate your server path.

Drop this string into a .php file called ‘locate-path’ or something, and then navigate to it in a browser to see your full server path!

<p><?php echo $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];?></p>