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<h1 class="refname">sys_get_temp_dir</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.2.1)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">sys_get_temp_dir</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns directory path used for temporary files</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>sys_get_temp_dir</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Returns the path of the directory PHP stores temporary files in by
default.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.sys-get-temp-dir-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the path of the temporary directory.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>sys_get_temp_dir()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Create a temporary file in the temporary <br />// files directory using sys_get_temp_dir()<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$temp_file </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">tempnam</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">sys_get_temp_dir</span><span style="color: #007700">(), </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Tux'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$temp_file</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
C:\Windows\Temp\TuxA318.tmp
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.sys-get-temp-dir-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.tmpfile.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">tmpfile()</a> - Creates a temporary file</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.tempnam.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">tempnam()</a> - Create file with unique file name</span></li>
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