Path Variable

Xarcell

I'm new to vanilla and not very good with php. I'm trying to create a plugin. My question for now is how do I proper the proper absolute path? Is a variable used, or something else?

For example how do I get the:
/home/public_html/blah/blah/blah/

Is something similar to this used?
$path/blah/blah/blah/

x00

dirname(__FILE__) is the absolute path of the directory you are currently in, or the directory that the current script is executing from to be precise.

so you can do

include_once(dirname(__FILE__).DS.'class.somemodel.php');

you also have various cosntants in Garden

PATH_ROOT 
PATH_APPLICATIONS
PATH_CACHE
PATH_LIBRARY
PATH_PLUGINS
PATH_THEMES
PATH_UPLOADS

DS is the director separator.

Xarcell

I'm trying to wrap my head around what your saying. I understand half of it. However, I don't need to point to a file(include), I need to point to a directory where files are to be deposited.

Example:
// files storage folder
$dir = '/home/web/sitecom/plugin/images/';

So would it be something like this?
define('PATH_ROOT' . 'plugin/images/') = $dir;

FYI, I cannot get this stupid editor to display code properly.

x00

I would take a more general course in php, so you get a better overall understanding. Also any C based language will help.

if the script is already in the directory you can use

define('MY_IMG_DIR' , dirname(__FILE__).DS.'images');

or

define('MY_IMG_DIR' , PATH_PLUGINS.DS.'MyPlugin'.DS.'images');

peregrine

define is just setting a CONSTANT rather than a variable (which can change)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.define.php

so when you use it it,

after you define it.

you don't use the $ as you would in $my_img_dir

you would use MY_IMG_DIR

as in echo MY_IMG_DIR;

vs a variable

echo $my_img_dir;

and you would want a relative path not an absolute path if you plan on uploading the plugin so other can use.

Xarcell

I'm just trying to get this script to work as part of the editor plugin.

<?php

// This is a simplified example, which doesn't cover security of uploaded images. 
// This example just demonstrate the logic behind the process. 


// files storage folder
$dir = '/home/web/sitecom/redactor/images/';

$_FILES['file']['type'] = strtolower($_FILES['file']['type']);

if ($_FILES['file']['type'] == 'image/png' 
|| $_FILES['file']['type'] == 'image/jpg' 
|| $_FILES['file']['type'] == 'image/gif' 
|| $_FILES['file']['type'] == 'image/jpeg'
|| $_FILES['file']['type'] == 'image/pjpeg')
{   
    // setting file's mysterious name
    $file = $dir.md5(date('YmdHis')).'.jpg';

    // copying
    copy($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $file);

    // displaying file
    echo '<img src="/tmp/images/'.$file.'" />';
}

?>