plugin_dir_path

Get the filesystem directory path (with trailing slash) for the plugin __FILE__ passed in.

Description

(string) plugin_dir_path( (string) $file ); 

Returns (string)

the filesystem path of the directory that contains the plugin.

Parameters (1)

0. $file (string)
The filename of the plugin (__FILE__).

Usage

  1. if ( !function_exists( 'plugin_dir_path' ) ) { 
  2.     require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php'; 
  3. } 
  4.   
  5. // The filename of the plugin (__FILE__). 
  6. $file = ''; 
  7.   
  8. // NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
  9. $result = plugin_dir_path($file); 
  10.     

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-includes/plugin.php  
  1. function plugin_dir_path( $file ) { 
  2.     return trailingslashit( dirname( $file ) ); 
  3. }