function file_unmanaged_save_data

Same name in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/includes/file.inc \file_unmanaged_save_data()

Saves a string to the specified destination without invoking file API.

This function is identical to file_save_data() except the file will not be saved to the {file_managed} table and none of the file_* hooks will be called.

Parameters

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

$destination: A string containing the destination location. This must be a stream wrapper URI. If no value is provided, a randomized name will be generated and the file will be saved using Drupal's default files scheme, usually "public://".

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

Return value

A string with the path of the resulting file, or FALSE on error.

See also

file_save_data()

Related topics

10 calls to file_unmanaged_save_data()
AggregatorTestCase::getEmptyOpml in modules/aggregator/aggregator.test
Creates a valid but empty OPML file.
AggregatorTestCase::getInvalidOpml in modules/aggregator/aggregator.test
Creates an invalid OPML file.
AggregatorTestCase::getValidOpml in modules/aggregator/aggregator.test
Creates a valid OPML file from an array of feeds.
drupal_build_css_cache in includes/common.inc
Aggregates and optimizes CSS files into a cache file in the files directory.
drupal_build_js_cache in includes/common.inc
Aggregates JavaScript files into a cache file in the files directory.

... See full list

File

includes/file.inc, line 2021

Code

function file_unmanaged_save_data($data, $destination = NULL, $replace = FILE_EXISTS_RENAME) {
    // Write the data to a temporary file.
    $temp_name = drupal_tempnam('temporary://', 'file');
    if (file_put_contents($temp_name, $data) === FALSE) {
        drupal_set_message(t('The file could not be created.'), 'error');
        return FALSE;
    }
    // Move the file to its final destination.
    return file_unmanaged_move($temp_name, $destination, $replace);
}

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