system/helpers/path_helper.php

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
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 */

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * CodeIgniter Path Helpers
 *
 * @package		CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage	Helpers
 * @category	Helpers
 * @author		EllisLab Dev Team
 * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/xml_helper.html
 */

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Set Realpath
 *
 * @access	public
 * @param	string
 * @param	bool	checks to see if the path exists
 * @return	string
 */
if ( ! function_exists('set_realpath'))
{
	function set_realpath($path, $check_existance = FALSE)
	{
		// Security check to make sure the path is NOT a URL.  No remote file inclusion!
		if (preg_match("#^(http:\/\/|https:\/\/|www\.|ftp|[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3})#i", $path))
		{
			show_error('The path you submitted must be a local server path, not a URL');
		}

		// Resolve the path
		$realpath = realpath($path);

		if ( ! $realpath)
		{
			return $check_existance ? show_error('Not a valid path: '.$path) : $path;
		}

		// Add a trailing slash, if this is a directory
		return is_dir($realpath) ? rtrim($realpath, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : $realpath;
	}
}

/* End of file path_helper.php */
/* Location: ./system/helpers/path_helper.php */