How do I inline an SVG (that was uploaded by an image field)

[Alf S.]

Hello there. I was wondering if there is a more elegant way inlining an SVG that was uploaded in the backend by an image field?

// /processwire/site/assets/files/1101/monitor.svg <- this is what I get
//                ../assets/files/1101/monitor.svg <- this is what I need
$iconURL = $page->icon->url;
$findThis   = '/assets/';
$iconURL_arr = explode($findThis, $iconURL);
$iconURL = "..".$findThis.$iconURL_arr[1];
echo "<span class='icon'>".file_get_contents($iconURL)."</span>

... and before somebody is asking:

- yes, I want it inline.

- and no, I do not want to use an icon font.

[adrian]

Rather than trying to hack the url for file_get_contents, you should use ->filename instead and then you can just do:

file_get_contents($page->icon->filename);

 

[Alf S.]

Great. This is significantly shorter and it works ... at least on the xampp local installation...

$page->icon->filename
// gives me this: D:/xampp/htdocs/processwire/site/assets/files/1099/battery.svg

Probably I can assume that this works on a "real" server too. I'll give it a try next days.

Thank you. PW is great.

[adrian]

1 minute ago, Alf S. said:

Probably I can assume that this works on a "real" server too

Yep - it will work on all servers - it will always be the full disk path to the image, which is what file_get_contents wants. Of course with the right PHP settings it can also use a full URL, but disk path is easier and more universally supported.

[Alf S.]

...just x-linking to: