FileGetContents
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Please note that even if you enable SD #22 and #23 on your server, you are not protected from user attacks, which can happen after verification of the file, but before you read the contents of such verified file. This function enables you to safely read the contents of a meta.xml-listed file on both client and server.
Syntax
nil|string fileGetContents ( file theFile [ , bool verifyContents = true ] )
OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!
- Method: file:getContents(...)
Required Arguments
- theFile: A handle to the file you wish to get the contents from. Use fileOpen to obtain this handle.
- verifyContents: Set to true, to compare the computed and the expected checksum of the file content (file must be in meta.xml).
Returns
Returns the bytes that were read from the file, but only if verification was disabled or if the checksum comparison succeeded. On failure, this function returns nil.
Example
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SharedThis example opens the code.lua file, checks its contents, and then runs it.
local handle = fileOpen("code.lua", true)
local buffer = fileGetContents(handle) -- code.lua must be listed in meta.xml (for example as <file> for this example)
fileClose(handle)
if buffer then
loadstring(buffer)()
end
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SharedThis example reads content from a requested model and sends it back to the client.
addEvent('onRequestModel', true)
addEventHandler('onRequestModel', resourceRoot, function(path)
triggerClientEvent(client, 'onSendModel', client, fileGetContents(path))
end)