PHP chdir function

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chdir

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

Changes PHP’s current directory to
directory.

The new current directory

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example 1. chdir() example

 
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "\n";
 
chdir('public_html');
 
// current directory
echo getcwd() . "\n";

The above example will output
something similar to:

Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether
the directory in which you are about to operate has the same UID (owner) as the
script that is being executed.