[FIXED] Localhost and fopen

Issue

We are now working in a local environment, rather than working live, which is a good thing. However, I've run into a hiccup I don't know how to fix. My code (CodeIgniter) looks like this:

if (!is_dir(base_url() . 'channel-partners/html/camera-registration/' . $name_url)) {
        mkdir(base_url() . 'channel-partners/html/camera-registration/' . $name_url);
}

$handle = fopen('/path/to/file/channel-partners/html/camera-registration/' . $name_url . '/index.html', 'w') or die('Can\'t open file');
fwrite($handle, $html);
fclose($handle);

But since I'm running MAMP, $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] equals Applications/MAMP/htdocs, so that won't work. So what can I do to write a file in PHP that would work in both a production environment and a local environment?

Solution

Use the FCPATH or APPPATH constants.

FCPATH will give you the path to the directory where the front controller is located (index.php).

APPPATH will give you the path to the application directory.

Usage:

fopen(FCPATH . 'path/relative/to/frontcontroller/etc/' . $name_url . '/index.html', 'w') ... 

Answered By - Brendan