.NET Framework Class Library
HttpRequest..::.PhysicalPath Property

Gets the physical file system path corresponding to the requested URL.

Namespace:  System.Web
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property PhysicalPath As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As HttpRequest
Dim value As String

value = instance.PhysicalPath
C#
public string PhysicalPath { get; }
Visual C++
public:
property String^ PhysicalPath {
    String^ get ();
}
JScript
public function get PhysicalPath () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The file system path of the current request.
Remarks

In redirect scenarios using Execute and Transfer, the PhysicalPath property returns the path to the original page. To find the physical path of the currently executing page use the MapPath method with the input argument set as the CurrentExecutionFilePath property.

Examples

The following code example uses the HtmlEncode method to HTML-encode the value of the PhysicalPath property and the WriteLine method to write the encoded value to the file. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the HttpRequest class.

Visual Basic
' Write request information to the file with HTML encoding.
sw.WriteLine(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath))
sw.WriteLine(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.PhysicalPath))
sw.WriteLine(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.RawUrl))
C#
// Write request information to the file with HTML encoding.
sw.WriteLine(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath));
sw.WriteLine(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.PhysicalPath));
sw.WriteLine(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.RawUrl));
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
See Also

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