Saves a file object to the database.

If the $file->fid is not set a new record will be added.

Parameters

$file: A file object returned by file_load().

Return value

The updated file object.

See also

hook_file_insert()

hook_file_update()

Related topics

13 calls to file_save()

EntityCrudHookTestCase::testFileHooks in modules/simpletest/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.test

Tests hook invocations for CRUD operations on files.

FileFieldTestCase::createTemporaryFile in modules/file/tests/file.test

Creates a temporary file, for a specific user.

FileSaveTest::testFileSave in modules/simpletest/tests/file.test

file_copy in includes/file.inc

Copies a file to a new location and adds a file record to the database.

file_field_presave in modules/file/file.field.inc

Implements hook_field_presave().

... See full list

File

includes/file.inc, line 626

Code

function file_save(stdClass $file) {
    $file->timestamp = REQUEST_TIME;
    $file->filesize = filesize($file->uri);
    // Load the stored entity, if any.
    if (!empty($file->fid) && !isset($file->original)) {
        $file->original = entity_load_unchanged('file', $file->fid);
    }
    module_invoke_all('file_presave', $file);
    module_invoke_all('entity_presave', $file, 'file');
    if (empty($file->fid)) {
        drupal_write_record('file_managed', $file);
        // Inform modules about the newly added file.
        module_invoke_all('file_insert', $file);
        module_invoke_all('entity_insert', $file, 'file');
    }
    else {
        drupal_write_record('file_managed', $file, 'fid');
        // Inform modules that the file has been updated.
        module_invoke_all('file_update', $file);
        module_invoke_all('entity_update', $file, 'file');
    }
    // Clear internal properties.
    unset($file->original);
    // Clear the static loading cache.
    entity_get_controller('file')->resetCache(array(
        $file->fid,
    ));
    return $file;
}

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