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Kohana3: Absolute path to a file

Answer 1

A:

Try echo realpath('assets/somefile.jpg').

pinaki 2010-03-12 11:29:24

That will work only if his PHP script happens to be in the project's root directory.

Pekka 2010-03-12 11:32:07

Yeah, I need to use it in a class and I don't really have a clue where it will be launched from.

Svish 2010-03-12 13:13:29

Answer 2

+1 A:

I haven't worked with Kohana but isn't that the job of Kohana::find_file?

Finds the path of a file by directory, filename, and extension. If no extension is given, the default EXT extension will be used.

When searching the "config" or "i18n" directory, an array of files will be returned. These files will return arrays which must be merged together.

Pekka 2010-03-12 11:31:36

Does that exist in Kohana 3 though? Can't find it in the api there at least: http://v3.kohanaphp.com/guide/api

Svish 2010-03-12 13:13:05

@Svish it should be there: http://v3.kohanaphp.com/guide/api/Kohana (search for find_file)

Pekka 2010-03-12 13:14:32

@Pekka: Aaah. Tried to search for it in the overview there. Didn't think about going in to the Kohana part there. Will try that the next time I am looking for something! Thanks! Will try out that function when I get to my workstation :)

Svish 2010-03-12 13:19:01

Find file is for assets in the cascading filesystem (classes, views, etc). The file you are trying to find doesn't really apply to this.

zombor 2010-03-12 13:22:35

@zombor: So in other words files that are under the `application` folder? If so, is there an alternative? Or is it the `DOCROOT` constant that someone else here mentioned I have to use?

Svish 2010-03-12 13:33:48

Well, things that are in the application, modules, or system folder. The point of find_file() is to merge the filesystem and return the proper file. If you are just looking for an asset in your website like an image, this is usually not what find_file() is used for.When I said use DOCROOT, I was assuming that your file URI was something like http://localhost/assets/somefile.jpg and not a file in your kohana filesystem.

zombor 2010-03-12 13:46:11

@zombor: Aha, but your assuming was correct :)

Svish 2010-03-12 14:28:00

Answer 3

+1 A:

I think you want:

DOCROOT.'assets/somefile.jpg'

zombor 2010-03-12 12:56:11

Is that defined in the bootstrap or something? Or? Can't remember to have seen that constant anywhere...

Svish 2010-03-12 13:14:14

(Will check it out first thing when I get to my computer though)

Svish 2010-03-12 13:14:34

It's in your index.php. You can also use things like APPPATH, SYSTPATH and MODPATH.

zombor 2010-03-12 13:17:27

Ah, ok. Will def check that out then! :D

Svish 2010-03-12 13:26:33

Sorry, it should say SYSPATH above, not SYSTPATH.

zombor 2010-03-12 13:55:27

@zombor: Tested it out now, and DOCROOT seems to have done the trick. Since my code might run on windows sometimes, I use this little snippet: `$absolute = DOCROOT.str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $url)`, where `$url` might for example be `assets/somefile.jpg`. Seems to work :) Thanks!

Svish 2010-03-12 14:31:05

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