Re: Link to PDF? Yikes!

Assuming your files really are in app/webroot/...

On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 15:05:00 UTC+1, April DeRossett wrote:

I have read, and read, but I can not figure this out.  I am hoping someone will point me in the right direction.  I have .pdf resources in app/files/id#/../..  To which I need to link.

It's not clear from your example but a url fragment (#) is never sent to a server. so if you're using # in urls (terrible idea) you need to escape it, otherwise the server will only see /files/id irrespective of what's at the end of the url

if you're not using # in the url - you simply have the path wrong:

    path/to/app/webroot/files/some/folder/whatever/foo.pdf

    url starts here ...^

i.e. requesting example.com/files/some/folder/whatever/foo.pdf will work.

Use the Html helper or simply, the router to ensure you get the path right:

    $url = Router::url('/files/some/folder/whatever/foo.pdf');

    $link = $this->Html->link('A pdf', '/files/some/folder/whatever/foo.pdf');

On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 15:05:00 UTC+1, April DeRossett wrote:

Okay...the end path will be variable so a route won't work

That's what routes are for ...?

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