How to get the home directory from a PHP CLI script

Question

From the command line, I can get the home directory like this:

~/

How can I get the home directory inside my PHP CLI script?

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
echo realpath(~/);
?>

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

You can fetch the value of $HOME from the environment:

<?php
    $home = getenv("HOME");
?>

Hope it helps!!

Thank You!!