function file_save_data in Drupal 4

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/modules/file/file.module \file_save_data()
2. 5 includes/file.inc \file_save_data()
3. 6 includes/file.inc \file_save_data()
4. 7 includes/file.inc \file_save_data()
5. 9 core/modules/file/file.module \file_save_data()

Save a string to the specified destination.

Parameters

$data A string containing the contents of the file.:

$dest A string containing the destination location.:

$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

A string containing the resulting filename or 0 on error

Related topics

1 call to file_save_data()

blogapi_metaweblog_new_media_object in modules/blogapi.module

Blogging API callback. Inserts a file into Drupal.

File

includes/file.inc, line 523

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_save_data($data, $dest, $replace = FILE_EXISTS_RENAME) {
  $temp = file_directory_temp();
  $file = tempnam($temp, 'file');
  if (!($fp = fopen($file, 'wb'))) {
    drupal_set_message(t('The file could not be created.'), 'error');
    return 0;
  }
  fwrite($fp, $data);
  fclose($fp);
  if (!file_move($file, $dest, $replace)) {
    return 0;
  }
  return $file;
}