Somewhere in my pc there is a txt file, test.txt let's call it, but its location may vary from pc to pc. Is there a way, to get that path so that it can be read? I can use of course
$file = file_get_contents(path);
But that comes when you already know the current path. How can I retrieve the path in this case? Ty
If you are on a linux/unix box, you can use locate and parse the result. windows probably has a similar solution:
<?php
$search = "test.txt";
$result = shell_exec("locate $search");
//array of all files with test.txt in the name
$matchingFiles = explode(PHP_EOL, $result);
//that gets files that may be named something else with test in the name
//like phptest.txt so get rid of the junk
$files = array(); //array where possible candidates will get stored
if (!empty($matchingFiles)) {
//we found at least 1
foreach ($matchingFiles as $f) {
//if the file is named test.txt, and not something like phptest.txt
if (basename($f) === $search) {
$files[] = $f;
}
}
}
if (empty($files)) {
//we didn't find anything
echo $search . ' was not found.';
} else {
if (count($files) > 1) {
//we found too many. which one do you want?
echo "more than one match was found." . PHP_EOL;
echo print_r($files, true);
} else {
//then we probably found it
$file = file_get_contents($files[0]);
}
}
glob(path).......