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modMediaSource object

sottwell — Sep 27, 2013, 09:49 AM

How can I get the path of a Media Source? The object has a getBasePath method, but how can I get a modMediaSource object?

$source = $modx->getObject('modMediaSource', 2);
$path = $source->getBasePath();

produces a PHP error:

PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function sanitizePath() on a non-object in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/revo228/core/model/modx/sources/modfilemediasource.class.php on line 43

It wants a fileHandler, but why do I need a fileHandler object if all I want to do is get the base path of the Media Source?

Re: modMediaSource object

BobRay — Sep 02, 2015, 02:38 PM

I believe it would be somethings like this (if it's the current user, you can omit the second and third arguments):

$allowed = $source->checkPolicy('view', null, $userObject);

This might speed it up slightly (if it works -- I'm not sure):

$allowed = $source->checkPolicy('view', array('sources.modAccessMediaSource'), $userObject);

From the core\model\modx\sources\modmediasource.class.php file:

/**
     * Allow overriding of checkPolicy to always allow media sources to be loaded
     *
     * @param string|array $criteria
     * @param array $targets
     * @param modUser $user
     * @return bool
     */
    public function checkPolicy($criteria, $targets = null, modUser $user = null) {
        if ($criteria == 'load') {
            $success = true;
        } else {
            $success = parent::checkPolicy($criteria,$targets,$user);
        }
        return $success;
    }

Re: modMediaSource object

donshakespeare — Sep 02, 2015, 04:10 AM

@sottwell Very neat code.

For elFinder I am now doing something like:

$source = $modx->getObject('modMediaSource', $id);
$properties = $source->getProperties();
$prop = $properties[$property]['value'];
return $prop;

How do you check if user has permission to view Media Source?

UPDATE I am lookig at https://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/developing-in-modx/other-development-resources/class-reference/modx/modx.haspermission

Re: modMediaSource object

sottwell — Jan 30, 2014, 03:19 PM

I've tried everything I can find that uses getBasePath, and nothing at all works. It just produces a blank page. No MODX errors, no PHP errors, nothing. The getProperties way works fine, though.

Re: modMediaSource object

sottwell — Sep 28, 2013, 04:05 AM

I shall certainly try that.

Although it turns out that getting this into the content of a Static Resource during parsing is going to be tricky, if it's possible at all.

Re: modMediaSource object

BobRay — Sep 27, 2013, 11:14 PM

I think this would have worked:

$source = $modx->getObject('modMediaSource', 2);
$path = $source->getBasePath($source);

It looks like getBasePath() requires an object argument:

 public function getBasePath($object = '') {
        $bases = $this->getBases($object);
        return $bases['pathAbsolute'];
    }

Re: modMediaSource object (Best Answer)

sottwell — Sep 27, 2013, 11:20 AM

Finally figured it out. Can't use the getBasePath method on the object. This works. Taken from core/model/modx/sources/modfilemediasource.class.php around lines 41 and 44.

$source = $modx->getObject('modMediaSource', 2);
$properties = $source->getProperties();
$path = $properties['basePath']['value'];
return $path;