posix_getcwd

FunctionReturn type changed in PHP 8.0

Pathname of current 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

posix_getcwd Function synopsis

posix_getcwd(): string|false

Parameters

posix_getcwd does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typestring|false

Returns a string of the absolute pathname on success.
On error, returns false and sets errno which can be checked with posix_get_last_error.

Changes to the posix_getcwd Function

PHP 8.0

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

posix_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