$wire::getRootPath() method

Get root path, check it, and optionally auto-detect it if not provided

Usage

// basic usage
$string = $wire::getRootPath();

// usage with all arguments
$string = $wire::getRootPath($rootPath = '');

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
rootPath (optional)bool, string

Root path if already known, in which case we’ll just modify as needed …or specify boolean true to get absolute root path, which disregards any symbolic links to core.

Return value

string


$wire methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.248

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