file_check_directory

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Definition

file_check_directory(&$directory, $mode = 0, $form_item = NULL)
includes/file.inc, line 85

Description

Check that the directory exists and is writable. Directories need to have execute permissions to be considered a directory by FTP servers, etc.

Parameters

$directory A string containing the name of a directory path.

$mode A Boolean value to indicate if the directory should be created if it does not exist or made writable if it is read-only.

$form_item An optional string containing the name of a form item that any errors will be attached to. This is useful for settings forms that require the user to specify a writable directory. If it can't be made to work, a form error will be set preventing them from saving the settings.

Return value

FALSE when directory not found, or TRUE when directory exists.

Related topics

Name	Description
File interface	Common file handling functions.

Code

<?php
function file_check_directory(&$directory, $mode = 0, $form_item = NULL) {
  $directory = rtrim($directory, '/\\');

  // Check if directory exists.
  if (!is_dir($directory)) {
    if (($mode & FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY) && @mkdir($directory)) {
      drupal_set_message(t('The directory %directory has been created.', array('%directory' => $directory)));
      @chmod($directory, 0775); // Necessary for non-webserver users.
    }
    else {
      if ($form_item) {
        form_set_error($form_item, t('The directory %directory does not exist.', array('%directory' => $directory)));
      }
      return FALSE;
    }
  }

  // Check to see if the directory is writable.
  if (!is_writable($directory)) {
    if (($mode & FILE_MODIFY_PERMISSIONS) && @chmod($directory, 0775)) {
      drupal_set_message(t('The permissions of directory %directory have been changed to make it writable.', array('%directory' => $directory)));
    }
    else {
      form_set_error($form_item, t('The directory %directory is not writable', array('%directory' => $directory)));
      watchdog('file system', t('The directory %directory is not writable, because it does not have the correct permissions set.', array('%directory' => $directory)), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
      return FALSE;
    }
  }

  if ((file_directory_path() == $directory || file_directory_temp() == $directory) && !is_file("$directory/.htaccess")) {
    $htaccess_lines = "SetHandler Drupal_Security_Do_Not_Remove_See_SA_2006_006\nOptions None\nOptions +FollowSymLinks";
    if (($fp = fopen("$directory/.htaccess", 'w')) && fputs($fp, $htaccess_lines)) {
      fclose($fp);
      chmod($directory .'/.htaccess', 0664);
    }
    else {
      $message = t("Security warning: Couldn't write .htaccess file. Please create a .htaccess file in your %directory directory which contains the following lines: <code>!htaccess</code>", array('%directory' => $directory, '!htaccess' => '<br />'. nl2br(check_plain($htaccess_lines))));
      form_set_error($form_item, $message);
      watchdog('security', $message, WATCHDOG_ERROR);
    }
  }

  return TRUE;
}
?>