PHP - Function chdir()

Syntax

bool chdir ( string $directory )

Definition and Usage

It changes PHP's current directory to the passed directory.

Parameters

Return Value

It returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

Following is the usage of this function −

<?php
   echo getcwd() . "\n";
   
   chdir('html');
   
   echo getcwd() . "\n";
?> 

This will produce the following result −

/home/tutorialspoint
/home/tutorialspoint/html