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How to you get hold of the user defined $tmp_path folder in Joomla

I want to create some files in my component and then delete them. How to I got hold of the $tmp_path variable that was set by the user in the configuration.php file?

Solution

  • $config =& JFactory::getConfig();

    $tmp_path = $config->getValue('config.tmp_path');

    The API documentation for Joomla! is pretty helpful: JFactory::getConfig