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fopen not working in modx

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    artmonkey87 Reply #1, 16 years, 1 month ago
    The following code works on a static site. However, once I try moving it into a snippet in MODx, it no longer is able to return the files (file_exists() returns false). Any suggestions or ideas?

    <?php
	$url = "some xml doc"; //This is a llink to an XML doc. For security reasons, I can't provide the url.

	if ($fp = fopen($url))
	{
		$content='';
		while($line=fread($fp,1024))
		{
			$content .= $line;
		}
		$file = fopen("directory.xml", "w");
		fwrite($file, $content);
		fclose($file);
	}

	return null;
?>
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      lolotlm Reply #2, 16 years ago
      hi,

      have you found a solution for this problem, i try to do too but not working.

      Laurent
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        sottwell Reply #3, 16 years ago
        Keep in mind that your paths will be relative to the index.php file; every snippet should be treated as a function being called from index.php (or manager/index.php if you’re writing a module).
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          lolotlm Reply #4, 16 years ago
          ok thanks for your help Susan,

          i want write in a xml files with a module (OnDocFormSave)

          my file is in /assets/fichierXMLMP3/nomfichier.xml;

          in module :

          $fichierXMLMP3=$base_path.’/assets/fichierXMLMP3/nomfichier.xml’;

          my file is not a resource modx.
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            sottwell Reply #5, 16 years ago
            As long as the $base_path variable is set correctly it should work. Have you tried to just echo the full path that it’s generating to make sure it’s correct? Sometimes these things will have an extra / or a missing / which will of course invalidate the path.
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              lolotlm Reply #6, 16 years ago
              the echo send

              [OnDocFormSave]/assets/fichierXMLMP3/nouvelle_vague.xml

              bizarre smiley

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                shamblett Reply #7, 16 years ago
                Try ’MODX_BASE_PATH’ .’assets.......................’ or ’$modx->config[’base_path’] .’assets.........’
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                  lolotlm Reply #8, 16 years ago
                  $fichierXMLMP3=$modx->getOption(’base_path’).’assets/fichierXMLMP3/nouvelle_vague.xml’;

                  work fine

                  thanks for your help

                  Laurent
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                    BobRay Reply #9, 16 years ago
                    Quote from: lolotlm at Oct 12, 2010, 02:06 AM


                    in module :
                    $fichierXMLMP3=$base_path.’/assets/fichierXMLMP3/nomfichier.xml’;

                    That should be:

                    $fichierXMLMP3=$base_path . 'assets/fichierXMLMP3/nomfichier.xml';


                    The MODx paths always include a trailing slash.

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