Combine directory and file name in PHP ( equivalent of Path.Combine in .Net)
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Solution
$filepath = $path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file;
Although in newer versions of PHP it doesn't matter which way the slashes go, so it is fine to always use forward slashes.
You can get a correct absolute path using `realpath()`, this will also remove things like extra unnecessary slashes and resolve references like `../`. It will return false if the path is not valid.
Problem
This should be a simple question, but I just can't recall the relevant API. A search on google with the term "combine directory name php" doesn't yield any results . So I guess I am doing both myself and the programming community a service by asking this question. this is now the top entry returned by Google and DDG! How to combine directory and file name to form a full file path in PHP? Let's say the directory name is "`D:\setup program`", and the file name is "`mj.txt`". The method should return me, on Windows "`D:\setup program\mj.txt`". Of course the method should return the correct file path in Linux or other OS. The related function in .Net is Path.Combine, but in PHP, I couldn't recall that, even though I must have seen it before.