I'm using codeigniter to create a CSV file, and I can write successfully inside the application structure, but not outside. The reason why I want to create the file outside the application structure cause I get a 403 permissions error when linking to the file.
Either my folder permissions are wrong (I've used 777) or my code is wrong. Please help.
- The application is sitting at: domain.com/mysite/ci/
- The files created in: domain.com/mysite/ci/_/files/ (I can create the file here, but can't link to download it
- I would like to create the file in: domain.com/mysite/downloads/ (I cannot create the file here, but I can link stuff to it to download.
CodeIgniter
$this->load->dbutil();
$this->load->helper('file');
$delimiter = ",";
$newline = "
";
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM songlist");
$data = $this->dbutil->csv_from_result($query, $delimiter, $newline);
$filePath = '_/files/songlist.csv';
echo "filePath=". $filePath. "</br>";
if (! write_file($filePath, $data)){
echo 'not done';
} else {
echo anchor(base_url(). $filePath);
}
}