<p>When calling php via cli, the current directory is NOT changed to the one of the script. All the scripts i have running in crontab run via the CLI, so this is an issue.</p>

<p>I'm currently <em>fixing</em> the problem by doing a chdir() with the absolute path where the script is, but i REALLY dont like hardcoding paths into stuff like that.</p>

<p>I'm looking for the most portable/reliable method for ensuring that the current working directory is the one where the script it is at.</p>

You can use
```
__FILE__
```
to get the full absolute path to the executing file itself:
```
```
<?php
echo "I'm here: ".__FILE__."\n";
?>
```
```
See
the documentation
for more info.