cakephp get realpath of view and layout

Question

How can i retrieve absolute path of view and layout file in cakephp action. I cant find useful method or property in

// in action
var_dump($this);

Thank

desire out put is

/home/sweb/www/cakeapp/app/View/Layout/mylayout.ctp
/home/sweb/www/cakeapp/app/View/Mycntl/myaction.ctp

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '13 at 10:28

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I would use this to create a full path.

APP . 'View' . DS . 'Layout' . DS . $this->layout

Which will output something like this for you,

string '/Users/david/Sites/ExampleSite/app/View/Layout/default' (length=56)

In order to get the view, I'd use

APP . 'View' . DS . $this->modelClass . DS . $this->view

answered May 15 '13 at 10:28

David Yell

and what about plugins actions ? – Mohammad Hossein Fattahizadeh May 15 '13 at 10:34
As a plugin is a Cake app just in a folder this will all still work from within a plugins controller methods. – David Yell May 15 '13 at 12:55
For a path within a plugin use CakePlugin::path($this->plugin) instead of APP – savedario May 30 '17 at 11:28

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