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file_get_contents - returning error No such file or Directory. - El Forum - 09-19-2007
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hi,
I am just starting up and exploring CI and have enjoyed it so far. Struggling with a few things and finding the forum excellent - great community.
I am having trouble with the following code to download a file from the server. I am confused about the resulting error that indicates the file does not exist.
Code:
function get_file()
{
$this->load->helper('url');
$this->load->helper('download');
//file_get_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/public/downloads/test.zip');
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/public_files/islclient.exe';
$data = file_get_contents($path); // Read the file's contents
$name = 'islclient.exe';
force_download($name,$data);
// echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
$this->load->view('remote_support_view');
}The error that is returning is as follows;
Severity: Warning
Message: file_get_contents(/home/domain.com/public_html/hub/public_files/islclient.exe) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Filename: controllers/remote_support.php
Line Number: 23
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I read through the other posts and used the sample code but I think I am missing a point to do with the path relative to CI and how CI is interpreting the path.
thanks in advance for any "push" in the right direction.
David
file_get_contents - returning error No such file or Directory. - El Forum - 09-19-2007
[eluser]coolfactor[/eluser]
Probably don't want to be using file_get_contents(), but rather readfile().
file_get_contents() returns the contents as a text string, but readfile() sends the data as-is to the output buffer.