file_destination

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6 – 7: file_destination($destination, $replace)

Determines the destination path for a file depending on how replacement of existing files should be handled.

Parameters

$destination A string specifying the desired path.

$replace Replace behavior when the destination file already exists.

FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE - Replace the existing file
FILE_EXISTS_RENAME - Append _{incrementing number} until the filename is unique
FILE_EXISTS_ERROR - Do nothing and return FALSE.

Return value

The destination file path or FALSE if the file already exists and FILE_EXISTS_ERROR was specified.

▸ 2 functions call file_destination()

▾ 2 functions call file_destination()

file_copy in includes/file.inc: Copies a file to a new location. This is a powerful function that in many ways performs like an advanced version of copy().
file_save_upload in includes/file.inc: Saves a file upload to a new location. The source file is validated as a proper upload and handled as such.

Code

includes/file.inc, line 294

<?php
function file_destination($destination, $replace) {
  if (file_exists($destination)) {
    switch ($replace) {
      case FILE_EXISTS_RENAME:
        $basename = basename($destination);
        $directory = dirname($destination);
        $destination = file_create_filename($basename, $directory);
        break;

      case FILE_EXISTS_ERROR:
        drupal_set_message(t('The selected file %file could not be copied, because a file by that name already exists in the destination.', array('%file' => $destination)), 'error');
        return FALSE;
    }
  }
  return $destination;
}
?>

not handling replacing file

sumachaa - Tue, 2009-10-13 09:09

the function is not handling the replacing the existing file