i want to give filepath out of the webroot in cakephp - cakephp-2.0

i want to give file path out of the webroot, how to give it?
$uploads_dir = WWW_ROOT .'/uploads';
$tmp_name = $this->data["Image"]["filedata"]["tmp_name"];
$name = $this->data["Image"]["filedata"]["name"];
move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "$uploads_dir/$name");

You need another constant. Cake has a few globally defined constants you can use, see the documentation here.
In you case you want to save images in a directory outside the webroot directory (not sure if that's wise, though), so you should use APP instead of WWW_ROOT as the former holds the path to the directory you're application is in.

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Create folder in explicit directory AIR

Like the title says I want to create a folder in a specific directory with Adobe Air.
If I use static methods of File like File.userDirectory works fine but I need to give the choice to select the directory.
I am trying this:
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, dirSelected);
file.browseForDirectory("Select a directory");
function dirSelected(e:Event):void {
trace(file.nativePath);
file.resolvePath("new_folder");
file.createDirectory();
}
Nothing happens
"resolvePath: Creates a new File object with a path relative to this File object's path, based on the path parameter (a string)."
So:
var newDir:File = file.resolvePath("new_folder");
newDir.createDirectory();

require command issue in CakePHP

I have a library in my project.When I want to use this with this code:
require('../Plugin/Utils/DateTimeUtil.php');
it says no such file exists. my cakephp 1s 2.3 what should I do?
The Routing in cakephp is different from pure php.I had something like this.At first you should find the path Plugin folder with this code
$pluginPath = App::path('Plugin');
Then It returns an array which contains the plugin folder's path in 0 index.So you should the returned value like blow:
require($pluginPath[0] . 'Utils' . DS . 'DateTimeUtil.php');
You can use slash instead of DS. DS is DIRECTORY_SEPRATOR.

file path is not retrieved in codeigniter

I am creating an invoice on users desired package selection. The pdf file is being created (but it takes some time), while the code checks for the file. The file exists. Here is the address of the file;
C:/wamp/www/proposal/file/invoice/Basic_52_60.pdf
This is the correct path to the file. I am passing this path to the function in another controller as;
redirect('email/email_invoice/'.$file);
When I tested the file path in email_invoice function, it displayed only c:
c:
The slashes in the path are not transferred. I don't know exactly what is the problem.
CodeIgniter considers each segment of the URL a parameter after the controller and method. So you are essentially passing 7 variables to the Email::email_invoice() method.
You could use some sort of encoding to pass it as one variable and then decode it on the other side such as:
$file = base64_encode($file);
redirect('email/email_invoice/' . $file);
Then in Email.php:
public function email_invoice($file) {
$file = base64_decode($file);
}
Or you could pass it as a get parameter:
redirect('email/email_invoice/?file=' . $file);
public function email_invoice() {
$file = $this->input->get('file');
}
The latter requires the $_GET array to be enabled which it is not by default.
UPDATE - Using Flashdata
Based on some of the comments I thought I would update this answer. base64_encode() can result in characters that will break the URL so you would need to use:
$file = urlencode(base64_encode($file));
redirect('email/email_invoice/' . $file);
And on the other side:
public function email_invoice($file) {
$file = urldecode(base64_decode($file));
}
As the OP pointed out $_GET variables can be manipulated leaving you open to directory traversal attacks or other vulnerabilities. Even if done right you would need extra code for security. Encoding can easily be spotted and altered.
File paths probably shouldn't be carried around in the URL. POST data can be manipulated also even if it is less obvious. Security through obscurity is not security at all. A better approach would be to use flashdata.
$this->session->set_flashdata('email_invoice_pdf', $file);
redirect('email/email_invoice/');
Then in your controller:
public function email_invoice() {
$file = $this->session->flashdata('email_invoice_pdf');
}
That's it. The session was used to carry the file path to the next page request, but after that it is gone.

Cakephp ghost file

I am facing a curious situation. I am using CakePHP 2.0 (locally), XAMPP and I wanted to add a simple hit counter in my homepage so I added the following code (very very simple)
<?php
$filename = 'hitcount.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, 'r');
$hits = trim(fgets($handle)) + 1;
fclose($handle);
$handle = fopen($filename, 'w');
fwrite($handle, $hits);
fclose($handle);
echo $hits;
There is a text file named hitcount.txt which contains the number of hits (everytime I visit the page it should increase the number of hits). It works. The problem appeared when I tried to access the hitcount.txt file. It was empty but the echo of $hits returned the exact result! I deleted the file and it still shows me the expected result! I used a different browser, the same. I deleted CakePHP's cache, no change. I used the same piece of code in another page and it did not complain with some error, returning the expected result.
How is it possible for Cakephp to "see" a file that does not exist? Has it anything to do with Apache?
You probably view the file at the wrong location as CakePHP's. My guess is CakePHP's referring to the file at app/webroot/hitcount.txt.
You might want to define a full path for hitcount.txt so you can be sure that you and CakePHP are both referring to the same location.
<?php
$filename = TMP.'hitcount.txt';
This would locate the file at `app/tmp/hitcount.txt'.

getting the file in a sub-folder # Isolated Storage - WP7

I would like to get all the files that a sub-folder holds in a string array.
So, I have tried something like the following:
var IOstore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
string searchpath = System.IO.Path.Combine("product", ProductName);
string filesInSubDirs[] = IOstore.GetFileNames(searchpath);
But I got all the files in the "product" folder. I have also tried with "productname" only as the parameter.
Thanks for your help.
The search pattern for a sub-folder needs to include "*.*" at the end to pattern match any file, which would make your code something like the following:
var IOstore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
string searchpath = System.IO.Path.Combine("product", ProductName);
searchpath = string.Format("{0}\\*.*", searchpath);
string filesInSubDirs[] = IOstore.GetFileNames(searchpath);
Something you might want to try. (this is sort of a left field answer, sorry). In my dropbox client http://sharpdropbox.codeplex.com/) I have a set of facades for System.IO.File, System.IO.FileInfo, System.IO.Directory, and System.IO.DirectoryInfo. They work pretty good and I have tested them.
Basically, you add a Using or Import for System.IO.IsolatedStorage and then PSFile, PSDirectory, PSFileInfo, or PSDirectoryInfo. It's saved me from having to remember all the nuances... for instance if you are querying a directory, it knows to add a slash, etc. BTW, the "PS" prefix stands for "Persisted Storage" which is what IsolatedStorage is sometimes called (starting them with an "I" implies they are interfaces.. and having no prefix makes things even more confusing).
Anyway, you can grab the code from source or I believe the last release had the DLLs for them (it's called something like "IsolatedStorageFacade-WP7")

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