function file_validate_name_length in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/modules/file/file.module \file_validate_name_length()
2. 6 includes/file.inc \file_validate_name_length()
3. 9 core/modules/file/file.module \file_validate_name_length()
4. 10 core/modules/file/file.module \file_validate_name_length()

Checks for files with names longer than we can store in the database.

Parameters

$file: A Drupal file object.

Return value

An array. If the file name is too long, it will contain an error message.

Related topics

1 call to file_validate_name_length()

FileValidatorTest::testFileValidateNameLength in modules/simpletest/tests/file.test

This will ensure the filename length is valid.

File

includes/file.inc, line 1769

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_validate_name_length(stdClass $file) {
  $errors = array();
  if (empty($file->filename)) {
    $errors[] = t("The file's name is empty. Please give a name to the file.");
  }
  if (strlen($file->filename) > 240) {
    $errors[] = t("The file's name exceeds the 240 characters limit. Please rename the file and try again.");
  }
  return $errors;
}