Base of installer for phpMemAdmin. This installer automate the single
steps of symlink folders to document root. On Windows the symlink functionality
requires administrator privileges on *nix platforms you will need the right
to symlink to the folder in general.
/**
* Validates a path for installation.
*
* @param string $path The path to validate
*
* @author Benjamin Carl <*****@*****.**>
* @return string TRUE if path is valid, otherwise FALSE
* @access protected
* @throws Exception
*/
protected static function validatePath($path)
{
// Validate path by default logic
$path = parent::validatePath($path);
// Collection of existing folders for error message
$existingFolders = array();
// Check now if any of the target directories exists
foreach (self::getFolders() as $folder) {
if (file_exists($path . $folder)) {
$existingFolders[] = $folder . '/';
}
}
// Any folder found? => Exception
if (count($existingFolders) > 0) {
throw new Exception('The target directory contains the following files/folders already: ' . implode(' & ', $existingFolders) . '.' . PHP_EOL . 'Remove those files/folders first and try again.' . PHP_EOL);
}
return $path;
}
