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PHP

Posted by Graham Kite
Graham Kite
Courses Plus Student 8,123 Points

(dirname(_ _FILE_ _)

I understand (dirname(FILE) however, I have a wordpress theme with (dirname(_ FILE _)

IE there are spaces between the _ _ s this something new? is it an error? should I remove?

2 Answers

Steve Hill
Steve Hill
9,741 Points

If there are spaces between the _ characters, that's an error. FILE should always be two underscores on each side of the word, this is a predefined PHP constant representing the current filename.

Graham Kite
PLUS
Graham Kite
Courses Plus Student 8,123 Points
Graham Kite
Graham Kite
Courses Plus Student 8,123 Points

Thank Stephen all good, it seems it is just the way my editor is displaying the _, I opened in something else this morning and all was good.

look very strange to see it l;like that.