PHP: How to set current working directory to be same as directory executing the script

php getcwd

chdir(__DIR__);

chdir(dirname(__FILE__));

But that should be by default.

php getcwd

This is normal in CLI mode:

It does not change the working directory to that of the script. (-C and --no-chdir switches kept for compatibility)

a quick workaround would be

chdir(dirname(__FILE__));

php getcwd

You can get the current directory a script is in with dirname(__FILE__) or __DIR__ if >= PHP 5.3.

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