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function file_save_data in Drupal 5

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8 core/modules/file/file.module \file_save_data()
  2. 4 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.:

Return value

A string containing the resulting filename or 0 on error

Related topics

2 calls to file_save_data()
blogapi_metaweblog_new_media_object in modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
Blogging API callback. Inserts a file into Drupal.
drupal_build_css_cache in includes/common.inc
Aggregate and optimize CSS files, putting them in the files directory.

File

includes/file.inc, line 521
API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_save_data($data, $dest, $replace = FILE_EXISTS_RENAME) {
  $temp = file_directory_temp();

  // On Windows, tempnam() requires an absolute path, so we use realpath().
  $file = tempnam(realpath($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;
}