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Why can I not find the file if I give the relative path but I can find it with the direct path?

I'm trying to use mime->addAttachment() to add an attachmen to an email i'm about to send

relative path: ../../clientdata/client1/attachments/file.txt

direct path: /home/hosting/site.eu/html/ssl/clientdata/client1/attachments/file.txt

script location: /home/hosting/site.eu/html/ssl/work/php_scripts/send_email.php

send_email.php is executed using:

exec("php /home/hosting/site.eu/html/ssl/work/php_scripts/send_email.php");

Is there something I'm missing here?

The code i'm using to add the attachment:

$f = 'ssl.site.eu/clientdata/client1/attachments/file1.txt';  
$arr_file = explode('/', $f, 2);
$file_path = '/home/hosting/site.eu/html/ssl/'.$arr_file[1]; //this works
// $file_path = '../../'.$arr_file[1]; // this doesn't work;
$mime->addAttachment($file_path,'application/octet-stream');
Solution

  • Beware the working directory of your process.

    Now does the following code give the currect path? echo getcwd().$relative_path;

    PHP getcwd()