function file_destination in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/includes/file.inc \file_destination()
2. 6 includes/file.inc \file_destination()

Determines the destination path for a file.

Parameters

$destination: A string specifying the desired final URI or filepath.

$replace: Replace behavior when the destination file already exists.

• FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE - Replace the existing file.
• FILE_EXISTS_RENAME - Append _{incrementing number} until the filename is unique.
• FILE_EXISTS_ERROR - Do nothing and return FALSE.

Return value

The destination filepath, or FALSE if the file already exists and FILE_EXISTS_ERROR is specified.

Throws

RuntimeException Thrown if the filename contains invalid UTF-8.

Related topics

3 calls to file_destination()

FileDirectoryTest::testFileDestination in modules/simpletest/tests/file.test

This will test the filepath for a destination based on passed flags and whether or not the file exists.

file_save_upload in includes/file.inc

Saves a file upload to a new location.

file_unmanaged_copy in includes/file.inc

Copies a file to a new location without invoking the file API.

File

includes/file.inc, line 1003

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_destination($destination, $replace) {
  $basename = drupal_basename($destination);
  if (!drupal_validate_utf8($basename)) {
    throw new RuntimeException(sprintf("Invalid filename '%s'", $basename));
  }
  if (file_exists($destination)) {
    switch ($replace) {
      case FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE:

        // Do nothing here, we want to overwrite the existing file.
        break;
      case FILE_EXISTS_RENAME:
        $directory = drupal_dirname($destination);
        $destination = file_create_filename($basename, $directory);
        break;
      case FILE_EXISTS_ERROR:

        // Error reporting handled by calling function.
        return FALSE;
    }
  }
  return $destination;
}