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Viruscom1000
Viruscom1000

Reputation: 119

How to output file above public folder Laravel 5.1

I have debian machine and my site is in /var/www/laravel-site/ folder. In laravel-site folder i have FILES and PUBLIC folders. How can i output file to FILES folder to protect the file from web reading?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1465

Answers (1)

Alex Anry
Alex Anry

Reputation: 101

I guess base_path() will help

Simple usage example:

<?php
    $file = base_path('FILES').'/people.txt';
    // Open the file to get existing content
    $current = file_get_contents($file);
    // Append a new person to the file
    $current .= "John Smith\n";
    // Write the contents back to the file
    file_put_contents($file, $current);
?>

function base_path($path = '') is a Laravel helper function. It gets the path to the base of the install:

function base_path($path = '')
{
     return app()->basePath().($path ? '/'.$path : $path);
}

So, to get your /var/www/laravel-site folder just use echo base_path();

To get FILES folder (or whatever path you need inside the Laravel's base) use echo base_path('FILES'); it will output /var/www/laravel-site/FILES

Upvotes: 2

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