how to read your opengl shader file with c++ code example
Example: how read a shader from another file c++
#include "GLShader.hpp"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
std::string readFile(const char *filePath) {
std::string content;
std::ifstream fileStream(filePath, std::ios::in);
if(!fileStream.is_open()) {
std::cerr << "Could not read file " << filePath << ". File does not exist." << std::endl;
return "";
}
std::string line = "";
while(!fileStream.eof()) {
std::getline(fileStream, line);
content.append(line + "\n");
}
fileStream.close();
return content;
}
GLuint LoadShader(const char *vertex_path, const char *fragment_path) {
GLuint vertShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
GLuint fragShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
std::string vertShaderStr = readFile(vertex_path);
std::string fragShaderStr = readFile(fragment_path);
const char *vertShaderSrc = vertShaderStr.c_str();
const char *fragShaderSrc = fragShaderStr.c_str();
GLint result = GL_FALSE;
int logLength;
std::cout << "Compiling vertex shader." << std::endl;
glShaderSource(vertShader, 1, &vertShaderSrc, NULL);
glCompileShader(vertShader);
glGetShaderiv(vertShader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &result);
glGetShaderiv(vertShader, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &logLength);
std::vector vertShaderError((logLength > 1) ? logLength : 1);
glGetShaderInfoLog(vertShader, logLength, NULL, &vertShaderError[0]);
std::cout << &vertShaderError[0] << std::endl;
std::cout << "Compiling fragment shader." << std::endl;
glShaderSource(fragShader, 1, &fragShaderSrc, NULL);
glCompileShader(fragShader);
glGetShaderiv(fragShader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &result);
glGetShaderiv(fragShader, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &logLength);
std::vector fragShaderError((logLength > 1) ? logLength : 1);
glGetShaderInfoLog(fragShader, logLength, NULL, &fragShaderError[0]);
std::cout << &fragShaderError[0] << std::endl;
std::cout << "Linking program" << std::endl;
GLuint program = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(program, vertShader);
glAttachShader(program, fragShader);
glLinkProgram(program);
glGetProgramiv(program, GL_LINK_STATUS, &result);
glGetProgramiv(program, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &logLength);
std::vector<char> programError( (logLength > 1) ? logLength : 1 );
glGetProgramInfoLog(program, logLength, NULL, &programError[0]);
std::cout << &programError[0] << std::endl;
glDeleteShader(vertShader);
glDeleteShader(fragShader);
return program;
}