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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<documentation xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://phpcsstandards.github.io/PHPCSDevTools/phpcsdocs.xsd"
    title="Function Calls to Dirname"
    >
    <standard>
    <![CDATA[
    PHP >= 5.3: Usage of dirname(__FILE__) can be replaced with __DIR__.
    ]]>
    </standard>
    <code_comparison>
        <code title="Valid: Using __DIR__.">
        <![CDATA[
$path = <em>__DIR__</em>;
        ]]>
        </code>
        <code title="Invalid: Using dirname(__FILE__).">
        <![CDATA[
$path = <em>dirname(__FILE__)</em>;
        ]]>
        </code>
    </code_comparison>
    <standard>
    <![CDATA[
    PHP >= 7.0: Nested calls to dirname() can be replaced by using dirname() with the $levels parameter.
    ]]>
    </standard>
    <code_comparison>
        <code title="Valid: Using dirname() with the $levels parameter.">
        <![CDATA[
$path = <em>dirname($file, 3)</em>;
        ]]>
        </code>
        <code title="Invalid: Nested function calls to dirname().">
        <![CDATA[
$path = <em>dirname(dirname(dirname($file)))</em>;
        ]]>
        </code>
    </code_comparison>
</documentation>