I am calling drupal_realpath('public://') inside a module function.
Why am I getting a path like sites/all/modules/current_module/sites/default/files from drupal_realpath('public://')?
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Question - what PHP version are you using? it is strongly recommended not to use drupal_realpath(), but use alternative for it. I would suggest you the alternative, but it's not clear what are you trying to do.– 32iCommented Oct 1, 2012 at 10:14
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drupal_realpath() has been deprecated and shouldn't be used; since you have a stream wrapper URI you should be able to get the correct path like this:
$uri = 'public://';
if ($wrapper = file_stream_wrapper_get_instance_by_uri($uri)) {
$path = $wrapper->realpath();
}
Also make sure that your public path is correct in the UI (at admin/config/media/file-system)
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Thanks for info, anyway I have still the same (wrong) path. Under admin/config/media/file-system I have public path set to: sites/default/files– CodiumCommented Oct 1, 2012 at 10:30
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Very strange; what sort of path do you get if you try a test like this:
$path = file_create_url('public://test.txt');?– Clive ♦Commented Oct 1, 2012 at 10:36 -
It gives me: http://C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp/sites/default/files/test.txt– CodiumCommented Oct 1, 2012 at 11:08
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This is path to temporary directory (C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp) from admin/config/media/file-system page– CodiumCommented Oct 1, 2012 at 11:20
In addition to Clive's anwser using:
$path = $wrapper->getExternalUrl();
Instead of using:
$path = $wrapper->realpath();
Worked for me, I had the same problem with the wrong path.
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For future readers:
$wrapper->getExternalUrl()returns a URL. OnlyDrupalPublicStreamWrapper::getExternalUrl()returns a relative URL for the site running Drupal, which can then be used as path, but other stream wrappers could return an absolute URL which cannot be used as path, asDrupalPrivateStreamWrapper::getExternalUrl()does.– avpaderno ♦Commented Jun 18, 2021 at 7:13
Drupal uses PHP's file stream and the path is configured in this location
admin/config/media/file-system
You can change it to where ever you want
answered Oct 1, 2012 at 10:16
