I have trouble to get the upload directroy from drupal. Is there some function returning the relative or absolute path?
3 Answers
This information is saved in Drupal's variables table. Use the variable_get function to get this information, passing in the name of the correct variable:
- Public Filesystem Location:
variable_get('file_public_path', conf_path() . '/files'); - Private Filesystem Location:
variable_get('file_private_path');
If you want the temporary upload directory use variable_get('file_temporary_path'); If you want to determine the system specific upload directory, regardless of the actual site configuration use the file_directory_temp function.
variable_get('file_public_path', conf_path() . '/files'); will pull the default path for you in case it has not been modified or explicitly set by the site administrator.
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1hmm in my case variable_get('file_public_path') is empty...do i have to call it within a hook or so?– JurudocsCommented Feb 12, 2013 at 19:59
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1@Jurudocs Use this instead:
variable_get('file_public_path', conf_path() . '/files');Basically, it pulls the default path for you in case it has not been modified or explicitly set by the site administrator.– 9ee1Commented Feb 12, 2013 at 20:03 -
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This only gives the relative path which seems less useful than the absolute path. I like the
drupal_realpathsolution below. Seems more legit. Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 17:03
To get the absolute file system paths use drupal_realpath (Drupal API) instead of file_create_url:
drupal_realpath('public://');
// returns e.g. /var/www/drupal/sites/default/files
drupal_realpath('private://');
// returns e.g. /var/www/drupal/sites/default/files_private
You can also use these functions to get a valid url from a relative uri:
file_create_url('public://');
file_create_url('private://');
They return the path to the public or private folders.
public://,private://, etc to avoid any folder conflicts. Take advantage of Drupal 7 :) )