function file_create_htaccess in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6 includes/file.inc \file_create_htaccess()

Creates a .htaccess file in the given directory.

Parameters

$directory: The directory.

$private: FALSE indicates that $directory should be an open and public directory. The default is TRUE which indicates a private and protected directory.

$force_overwrite: Set to TRUE to attempt to overwrite the existing .htaccess file if one is already present. Defaults to FALSE.

Related topics

2 calls to file_create_htaccess()

file_ensure_htaccess in includes/file.inc

Creates a .htaccess file in each Drupal files directory if it is missing.

system_check_directory in modules/system/system.module

Checks the existence of the directory specified in $form_element.

File

includes/file.inc, line 479

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_create_htaccess($directory, $private = TRUE, $force_overwrite = FALSE) {
  if (file_uri_scheme($directory)) {
    $directory = file_stream_wrapper_uri_normalize($directory);
  }
  else {
    $directory = rtrim($directory, '/\\');
  }
  $htaccess_path = $directory . '/.htaccess';
  if (file_exists($htaccess_path) && !$force_overwrite) {

    // Short circuit if the .htaccess file already exists.
    return;
  }
  $htaccess_lines = file_htaccess_lines($private);

  // Write the .htaccess file.
  if (file_put_contents($htaccess_path, $htaccess_lines)) {
    drupal_chmod($htaccess_path, 0444);
  }
  else {
    $variables = array(
      '%directory' => $directory,
      '!htaccess' => '<br />' . nl2br(check_plain($htaccess_lines)),
    );
    watchdog('security', "Security warning: Couldn't write .htaccess file. Please create a .htaccess file in your %directory directory which contains the following lines: <code>!htaccess</code>", $variables, WATCHDOG_ERROR);
  }
}