CakePHP generate a Document to Webroot - cakephp

Question

I'm currently working with cakephp and I am generating a word document. My problem is how can I put the generated document on my web root and not as a download.

Answer 1

I am guessing you are using an action to generate a document, which gets output to the browser.
You should either use output buffering to "catch" the output and then write it to a file, or write the document data to a string, and write that string to a file on the server.
EDIT:
PHPWord has a SAVE method. In your action, you can save the document to a certain location, but output something else, i.e. success notification. This way, your action only generates the file:
public function generateWordDocument(){
//... your word file creation...
$wordDocumentLocation = TMP . 'word_files/';
$objWriter = PHPWord_IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWord, 'Word2007');
$objWriter->save($wordDocumentLocation . 'helloWorld.docx');
$this->Session->setFlash('Document generated!');
$this->redirect(array('action'=>'index')); //or wherever you want
}
If you want to protect that file, you could save the file to a "secure" folder (this can either be a folder outside the "app/webroot" folder, or a folder protected with .htaccess deny all instruction) and than use another action, like "getWordDocument":
function getWordDocument($documentName){
$wordDocumentLocation = TMP . 'word_files/';
if (file_exists($wordDocumentLocation . $documentName)) { //this is not really the safest way of doing it
$fp = fopen($wordDocumentLocation . $documentName, 'rb');
header("Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($wordDocumentLocation . $documentName));
fpassthru($fp);
exit();
}
}
Please note, that this code is just for "grasping the concept" and is in no way safe or optimal.

Answer 2

i think you want to add file in webroot but it is not downloadable for public users ,
You have several ways :
- protect folders with .htaccess (Like Js folder)
- create new folder in app folder like webroot and put files in it
- use Dispatcher Filters in cakephp : http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/development/dispatch-filters.html
and ....