Map the physical file path in asp.net mvc
- by rmassart
Hi,
I am trying to read an XSLT file from disk in my ASP.Net MVC controller. What I am doing is the following:
string filepath = HttpContext.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath;
filepath += "/Content/Xsl/pubmed.xslt";
string xsl = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(filepath);
However, half way down this thread on forums.asp.net there is the following quote
HttpContext.Current is evil and if you
use it anywhere in your mvc app you
are doing something wrong because you
do not need it.
Whilst I am not using "Current", I am wondering what is the best way to determine the absolute physical path of a file in MVC? For some reason (I don't know why!) HttpContext doesn't feel right for me.
Is there a better (or recommended/best practice) way of reading files from disk in ASP.Net MVC?
Thanks for your help,
Robin
