I'm trying to read a .txt file using WP_Filesystem_Direct and I don't know what I am doing wrong. This is the error on the last line of the code at $filesystem:

Uncaught Error: Object of class WP_Filesystem_Direct could not be converted to string

In functions.php

global $wp_filesystem;

require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php';
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php';

In page template:

$filesystem = new WP_Filesystem_Direct( false );

$server = getcwd();

$path = $server . '/wp-content/uploads/on_this_day.txt';

$filesystem->get_contents($path);

echo $filesystem;

The $path to the file is correct and the file opens in a browser when directly accessed.

var_dump($filesystem); shows

object(WP_Filesystem_Direct)#2990 (5) { ["verbose"]=> bool(false) ["cache"]=> array(0) { } ["method"]=> string(6) "direct" ["errors"]=> object(WP_Error)#3047 (3) { ["errors"]=> array(0) { } ["error_data"]=> array(0) { } ["additional_data":protected]=> array(0) { } } ["options"]=> array(0) { } }

I'm trying to read a .txt file using WP_Filesystem_Direct and I don't know what I am doing wrong. This is the error on the last line of the code at $filesystem:

Uncaught Error: Object of class WP_Filesystem_Direct could not be converted to string

In functions.php

global $wp_filesystem;

require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php';
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php';

In page template:

$filesystem = new WP_Filesystem_Direct( false );

$server = getcwd();

$path = $server . '/wp-content/uploads/on_this_day.txt';

$filesystem->get_contents($path);

echo $filesystem;

The $path to the file is correct and the file opens in a browser when directly accessed.

var_dump($filesystem); shows

object(WP_Filesystem_Direct)#2990 (5) { ["verbose"]=> bool(false) ["cache"]=> array(0) { } ["method"]=> string(6) "direct" ["errors"]=> object(WP_Error)#3047 (3) { ["errors"]=> array(0) { } ["error_data"]=> array(0) { } ["additional_data":protected]=> array(0) { } } ["options"]=> array(0) { } }

• wp-filesystem

1 Answer 1

In here:

$filesystem = new WP_Filesystem_Direct( false );

$server = getcwd();

$path = $server . '/wp-content/uploads/on_this_day.txt';

$filesystem->get_contents($path);

echo $filesystem;

...note that $filesystem, in the last line, is the same variable that's holding your WP_Filesystem object. Try this instead:

$filesystem = new WP_Filesystem_Direct( false );

$server = getcwd();

$path = $server . '/wp-content/uploads/on_this_day.txt';

$file_content = $filesystem->get_contents($path);

echo $file_content;