pointing to files using $config->urls->assets within a php tag

[lecrackffm]

Hello everyone,

this is my first post here, and i hope its the right place for my question.

I am getting started with PW and right now, im trying to bring a existing static Site to PW

In this static site i was working with some PHP to import svg code

echo file_get_contents("img/icons/ticket.svg")

I placed the img folder in the assets folder but now i am having troubles to point at this file using

$config->urls->assets

i was trying to do something like 

echo file_get_contents("$config-urls-assets/img/icons/ticket.svg")

but of course this fails and as i am not quite good with PHP i do not know how to nest this php to get what i want.

I don`t want to use fields to store the svg code, because i need different icons on one page and i do not want to create multiple field for that.

Any advice is highly appreciated.

Thank you.

[blynx]

echo file_get_contents("{$config->urls->assets}img/icons/ticket.svg")

try this - the arrows are not complete and maybe wrap that into curly braces - and also you don't need the preceding slash! 

 

Oh, btw - you might like this? This is my placeSVG function which also strips the doctype and comments from svg files when embedded directly:

it assumes the templates/ directory as the standard location, but you can add an optional other path ['path' = ...] - and then it concatenates the path with the first argument

https://gist.github.com/blynx/d91d749e76c112f06a505a2d17dfdc2e

 

PS: Are you frankfurt (ffm) based? ^^

[lecrackffm]

4 minutes ago, blynx said:

echo file_get_contents("{$config->urls->assets}img/icons/ticket.svg")

try this - the arrows are not complete and maybe wrap that into curly braces - and also you don't need the preceding slash! 

 

Thanks for the fast support!

oh sure, i forgot about the correct arrows writing my post.

The  curly brackets are giving me the correct path now, thanks for that.

I am  still i am getting a  

Warning: file_get_contents(/site/assets/img/icons/vibra.svg): failed to open stream: 

But the files are there for sure... ill figure that out..

Thanks for the fast support!

[lecrackffm]

@blynx

Wow, thanks.

ill have a closer look at your function.

And yes,  i am ffm based

[tpr]

Try with $config->paths, files are not accessed via url.

[lecrackffm]

 

$config->paths did the trick.

Still a lot to learn.

Thanks a lot for the fast and kind support.

[blynx]

Ah, of course, you have to use ->path !

Thought about a processwire ffm meetup the other day ... I know at least one agency here using processwire, cool guys @Webrocker 
We'll see if we feel the urge ...