CakePHP ROOT Constant

Question

CakePHP constant ROOT, where should it point to?

Answer 1

ROOT must be installed in the directory path that contains your folder app.

Answer 2

The ROOT constant is defined in webroot / index.php

and by default it gives the full path to the directory that contains "app"WITHOUT the final DS

means "D:\xampp\htdocs\cake2.2.1"if my installation cakePHPis in a directory Cake2.2.1onxampp

Answer 3

According to docs it

parent directory name for the base index.php CakePHP.