# Move up a directory in PHP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-up-a-directory-in-php/265291>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-up-a-directory-in-php/265291 "2008-07-07T14:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-up-a-directory-in-php/265291/1 "2008-07-07T14:36:02Z")

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If my file is located at [mySite.com/data/php](http://mySite.com/data/php), how can i direct my .php to [mySite.com/data/images](http://mySite.com/data/images)? I can’t use the full url because I’m trying to save images to the site and php generates an error if I try to reference via the full http url.

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**Author:** ![Charleh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Charleh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Charleh)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-up-a-directory-in-php/265291/2 "2008-07-07T15:05:37Z")

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path =

‘…/images’

… references the directory above from a relative standpoint

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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-up-a-directory-in-php/265291/3 "2008-07-07T15:08:08Z")

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Nice.

What about more than one directory? How do I manage to move up two (or more)?

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-up-a-directory-in-php/265291/4 "2008-07-07T15:36:32Z")

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‘…/…/’

‘/’ symbolizes the root directory that your application is allowed inside.