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if (strpos($_SERVER['DOCUMENT<wbr />_ROOT'],'/<wbr />')){$Syste<wbr />mSlash='/'<wbr />;}else{$Sy<wbr />stemSlash=<wbr />'\\' ;}
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if (strpos($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],'/')){$SystemSlash='/';}else{$SystemSlash='\\' ;}

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I want $SystemSlash to either be / or \ depending on the operating system.<br />
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How can I make $SystemSlash be the appropriate directory separator for the operating system used?<br />

<pre><code id="code-8044701">&lt;?php

echo $SystemSlash . 'path' . $SystemSlash . 'to' . $SystemSlash . 'my/file.php';

?&gt;</code></pre>
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I want $SystemSlash to either be / or \ depending on the operating system.

How can I make $SystemSlash be the appropriate directory separator for the operating system used?

PHP: OS Appropriate Directory Separator

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