Question

I need to store a file in Moodle. This is not really a problem, it is explained here. The problem is that this file has to be accessible for everyone. Hence, there has to be a URL, e.g. www.mymoodlesite.com/temp/myfile.txt or the like, which one can enter in ones browser and access the file. I thought of copying the file into the moodledata/temp folder, but then I do not have a URL in order to access the file..

Thanks for your help in advance!

Answer 1

Finally I could solve my problem 🙂

I used a filemanager like this:

$mform->addElement('filemanager', 'my_filemanager', 'Upload a file', null, array('maxbytes' => $CFG->maxbytes, 'maxfiles' => 1, 'accepted_types' => array('*.zip')));

Then saved the uploaded file like this:

if ($draftitemid = file_get_submitted_draft_itemid('my_filemanager')) {
    file_save_draft_area_files($draftitemid, $context->id, 'mod_assignment', 'my_filemanager', 0, array('subdirs' => false, 'maxfiles' => 1));
}

The URL in order to access the uploaded file can then be created like this:

file_encode_url($CFG->wwwroot . '/pluginfile.php', '/' . $this->context->id . '/mod_assignment/my_filemanager');