function file_create_path in Drupal 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 4 includes/file.inc \file_create_path()
2. 5 includes/file.inc \file_create_path()

Make sure the destination is a complete path and resides in the file system directory, if it is not prepend the file system directory.

Parameters

$dest A string containing the path to verify. If this value is: omitted, Drupal's 'files' directory will be used.

Return value

A string containing the path to file, with file system directory appended if necessary, or FALSE if the path is invalid (i.e. outside the configured 'files' or temp directories).

Related topics

14 calls to file_create_path()

drupal_build_css_cache in includes/common.inc

Aggregate and optimize CSS files, putting them in the files directory.

drupal_build_js_cache in includes/common.inc

Aggregate JS files, putting them in the files directory.

drupal_clear_css_cache in includes/common.inc

Delete all cached CSS files.

drupal_clear_js_cache in includes/common.inc

Delete all cached JS files.

file_copy in includes/file.inc

Copies a file to a new location.

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File

includes/file.inc, line 63

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_create_path($dest = 0) {
  $file_path = file_directory_path();
  if (!$dest) {
    return $file_path;
  }

  // file_check_location() checks whether the destination is inside the Drupal files directory.
  if (file_check_location($dest, $file_path)) {
    return $dest;
  }
  else {
    if (file_check_location($dest, file_directory_temp())) {
      return $dest;
    }
    else {
      if (file_check_location($file_path . '/' . $dest, $file_path)) {
        return $file_path . '/' . $dest;
      }
    }
  }

  // File not found.
  return FALSE;
}