getcwd

Function • Return type changed in PHP 8.0

Gets the current working directory.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

getcwd Function synopsis

getcwd(): string|false

Parameters

getcwd does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typestring|false

Returns the current working directory on success, or false on failure.

On some Unix variants, getcwd will return false if any one of the parent directories does not have the readable or search mode set, even if the current directory does. See chmod for more information on modes and permissions.

Changes to the getcwd Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string|false
- getcwd()
+ getcwd(): string|false

getcwd Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes