wp_normalize_path( string $path ): string

Normalizes a filesystem path.

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Description

On windows systems, replaces backslashes with forward slashes and forces upper-case drive letters.
Allows for two leading slashes for Windows network shares, but ensures that all other duplicate slashes are reduced to a single.

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Parameters

$path string Required
Path to normalize.

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Return

string Normalized path.

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Source

File: wp-includes/functions.php. View all references 

function wp_normalize_path( $path ) {
	$wrapper = '';

	if ( wp_is_stream( $path ) ) {
		list( $wrapper, $path ) = explode( '://', $path, 2 );

		$wrapper .= '://';
	}

	// Standardize all paths to use '/'.
	$path = str_replace( '\\', '/', $path );

	// Replace multiple slashes down to a singular, allowing for network shares having two slashes.
	$path = preg_replace( '|(?<=.)/+|', '/', $path );

	// Windows paths should uppercase the drive letter.
	if ( ':' === substr( $path, 1, 1 ) ) {
		$path = ucfirst( $path );
	}

	return $wrapper . $path;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
4.9.7 Allows for PHP file wrappers.
4.5.0 Allows for Windows network shares.
4.4.0 Ensures upper-case drive letters on Windows systems.
3.9.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Example

    A Simple example to normalize the theme include path

        $bS_incl_path = get_template_directory() . '/inc';

    /**
     * Define theme include path
     * 
     * Normalize the include path to be safe on windows hosts
     * @return string Normalized path
     * require min WordPress version 3.9
     * @since boot_Strap 1.0.1
     * 
     */

     if(function_exists('wp_normalize_path')){
         
        $bS_incl_path = wp_normalize_path($bS_incl_path);
     }
    
    define('THM_INC', $bS_incl_path);

    require_once (THM_INC. '/wp_bootstrap_navwalker.php');

    print_r($bS_incl_path); shows

    Using this function:

    C:/xampp/htdocs/boot_strap/wp-content/themes/boot_Strap/inc

    Without this function:

    C:\xampp\htdocs\boot_strap/wp-content/themes/boot_Strap/inc

    On a Windows server.

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