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@ 2014-10-17T09:35:07Z

<?php

/**
 * 
 * Find the relative file system path between two file system paths
 *
 * @param  string  $frompath  Path to start from
 * @param  string  $topath    Path we want to end up in
 *
 * @return string             Path leading from $frompath to $topath
 */
function find_relative_path ( $frompath, $topath ) {
    $from = explode( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $frompath ); // Folders/File
    $to = explode( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $topath ); // Folders/File
    $relpath = '';
 
    $i = 0;
    // Find how far the path is the same
    while ( isset($from[$i]) && isset($to[$i]) ) {
        if ( $from[$i] != $to[$i] ) break;
        $i++;
    }
    $j = count( $from ) - 1;
    // Add '..' until the path is the same
    while ( $i <= $j ) {
        if ( !empty($from[$j]) ) $relpath .= '..'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
        $j--;
    }
    // Go to folder from where it starts differing
    while ( isset($to[$i]) ) {
        if ( !empty($to[$i]) ) $relpath .= $to[$i].DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
        $i++;
    }
    
    // Strip last separator
    return substr($relpath, 0, -1);
}

var_dump(find_relative_path('D:/test/pokus/', 'test/file.less'));

Output for git.master, git.master_jit, rfc.property-hooks: string(23) "../../../test/file.less"

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