find directory where my extended class is with php
<p>lets say we have a dir</p>

<p>script.php is a class that is extending a controller class from index.php, </p>

<pre><code>application/helloworld/script.php
index.php
</code></pre>

<p>is there a way to return the folder <code>helloworld</code> from index.php ( controller )  ?</p>

<p>edit*</p>

<p>script.php</p>

<pre><code>class Helloworld extends Controller
{
    function __construct()
    {
        echo 'helloworld';  
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>index.php</p>

<pre><code>class Controller
{
    function wherethescript(){
        # trying to find folder where helloworld.php is in from this class
    }
}

include_once 'application/helloworld/helloworld.php';
$x=new Helloworld;
$x-&gt;wherethescript();
</code></pre>
