custom mod needs to access files above public_html outside cart, is it possible?

[boxes]

we're having a mod created that needs to access files above public_html and outside cart in public_html:

/home/user/public_html/zencart/

/home/user/public_html/custom_dir/stuff.php

/home/user/custom_dir_1/stuff_1.php
/home/user/custom_dir_1/more_stuff_1.php
/home/user/custom_dir_1/etc_1.php

/home/user/custom_dir_2/stuff_2.php
/home/user/custom_dir_2/more_stuff_2.php
/home/user/custom_dir_2/etc_2.php

is this possible? how might we allow going to those specific outside locations to access stuff?

thanks

[kobra]

You should be able to do so providing the correct link info
As outlined in this tutorial, where a default folder is moved
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?257

[boxes]

You should be able to do so providing the correct link info
As outlined in this tutorial, where a default folder is moved
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?257

interesting, thanks

so, we could define the custom outside locations in:

- /includes/configure.php
- /admin/includes/configure.php

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', '/home/my_user_name/download/');
define('DIR_CUSTOM_DIR_1', '/home/my_user_name/custom1/');
define('DIR_CUSTOM_DIR_2', '/home/my_user_name/public_html/custom2/');

and then just refer to the new define names . DIR_CUSTOM_DIR_1 . in the code to snag stuff from those locations

does it sound like i got it?

thanks

[niccol]

honestly, I wouldn't do it in the configure files. It feels best to leave them as they are. Mess them up and the whole site will stop playing.

So, I would do it elsewhere. Usually that would be in

includes/extra_datafiles
admin/includes/extra_datafiles

But you can do it anywhere where the files are auto-loaded. If you don't know which stuff that applies to then just use those two folders. The only complication - and it is a bit unlikely - is if your new module does stuff before those two files get loaded. This is not likely unless you are doing some fairly archane stuff.

[boxes]

do you mean that you can add defines in the extra_datafiles dir?

/extra_datafiles/outside_paths_here.php

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', '/home/my_user_name/download/');
define('DIR_CUSTOM_DIR_1', '/home/my_user_name/custom1/');
define('DIR_CUSTOM_DIR_2', '/home/my_user_name/public_html/custom2/');

thanks

[gjh42]

Yes, that is one of the purposes of those folders.

(You may be more familiar with defines being used for language-specific output text, and thus would belong in a language file, but this is not related to user language.)

[boxes]

most cool, thanks!!