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php-paths.php
__FILE__ (on Hosting) === /home/xfiddlec/public_html/folder1/folder2/yourfile.php
__FILE__ (on Localhost) === C:\wamp\www\folder1\folder2\yourfile.php
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] === www.yoursite.com (or without WWW)
$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] === /folder1/folder2/yourfile.php
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] === /folder1/folder2/yourfile.php?var=blabla
$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] === /home/xfiddlec/public_html
//basename returns the last filename
basename('/folder1/folder2/yourfile.php') {i.e. basename(__FILE__) ==== yourfile.php
//dirname returns the part upper part, without filename [same as getcwd()]
dirname('/folder1/folder2/yourfile.php') {i.e. dirname(__FILE__) ==== /folder1/folder
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