function file_example_managed_write_submit

Submit handler to write a managed file.

The key functions used here are:

• file_save_data(), which takes a buffer and saves it to a named file and also creates a tracking record in the database and returns a file object. In this function we use FILE_EXISTS_RENAME (the default) as the argument, which means that if there's an existing file, create a new non-colliding filename and use it.
• file_create_url(), which converts a URI in the form public://junk.txt or private://something/test.txt into a URL like http://example.com/sites/default/files/junk.txt.

Related topics

File

modules/examples/file_example/file_example.module, line 196

Hook implementations for the File Example module.

Code

function file_example_managed_write_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  $data = $form_state['values']['write_contents'];
  $uri = !empty($form_state['values']['destination']) ? $form_state['values']['destination'] : NULL;

  // Managed operations work with a file object.
  $file_object = file_save_data($data, $uri, FILE_EXISTS_RENAME);
  if (!empty($file_object)) {
    $url = file_create_url($file_object->uri);
    $_SESSION['file_example_default_file'] = $file_object->uri;
    backdrop_set_message(
    t('Saved managed file: %file to destination %destination (accessible via !url, actual uri=<span id="uri">@uri</span>)', 
    array(
      '%file' => print_r($file_object, TRUE),
      '%destination' => $uri, '@uri' => $file_object->uri,
      '!url' => l(t('this URL'), $url),
    )
    )
    );
  }
  else {
    backdrop_set_message(t('Failed to save the managed file'), 'error');
  }
}