I'll throw out an example here. I have a directory structure of: /var/www/example/ And in that i have a file: index.php That file echo's getcwd() and returns: /var/www/example/ Now i tell Apache or Lighty that if a directory does not have an index.php file, that it should use /example/index.php (for example via DirectoryIndex of Apache) Then i make a new directory: /var/www/test/ And browse to it and it echo's /var/www/example/ since its running that file via DirectoryIndex This is true for all directories i make. Both for Windows and Linux based servers. To my question. I am trying to get the full path of the current directory i am in. Not from where the file is executing. How is that possible so it displays a full path to that directory (regardless to the server setup)? I have tried a variation of things and have gotten mixed results. Using $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] gives me the index file and the full path to that. $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] gets me part of the way but on a hosted server with multiple domains it only gives me a partial path (rough example: /var/www/ when the directory is /var/www/domain.com/test/) And __FILE__ gives me the index.php's path. I have also tried realpath("."); And server("pwd"); with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Ólafur Waage -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php