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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.)

most cool, thanks!!