File interface

Common file handling functions.

File

core/includes/file.inc, line 40

Functions

Title Deprecated File name Summary
drupal_basename Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Gets the filename from a given path.
drupal_chmod Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Sets the permissions on a file or directory.
drupal_dirname Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Gets the name of the directory from a given path.
drupal_mkdir Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Creates a directory, optionally creating missing components in the path to
the directory.
drupal_move_uploaded_file Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Moves an uploaded file to a new location.
drupal_realpath Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Resolves the absolute filepath of a local URI or filepath.
drupal_rmdir Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Removes a directory.
drupal_tempnam Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Creates a file with a unique filename in the specified directory.
drupal_unlink Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Deletes a file.
file_build_uri core/includes/file.inc Constructs a URI to Drupal's default files location given a relative path.
file_create_filename Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Creates a full file path from a directory and filename.
file_create_url core/includes/file.inc Creates a web-accessible URL for a stream to an external or local file.
file_default_scheme Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Gets the default file stream implementation.
file_delete Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Deletes a file and its database record.
file_delete_multiple Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Deletes files.
file_destination Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Determines the destination path for a file.
file_directory_os_temp Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Discovers a writable system-appropriate temporary directory.
file_directory_temp Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Gets and sets the path of the configured temporary directory.
file_ensure_htaccess Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Creates a .htaccess file in each Drupal files directory if it is missing.
file_get_file_references core/modules/file/file.module Retrieves a list of references to a file.
file_htaccess_lines Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Returns the standard .htaccess lines that Drupal writes to file directories.
file_munge_filename core/includes/file.inc Modifies a filename as needed for security purposes.
file_prepare_directory Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Checks that the directory exists and is writable.
file_save_htaccess Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Creates a .htaccess file in the given directory.
file_scan_directory Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Finds all files that match a given mask in a given directory.
file_stream_wrapper_uri_normalize Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Normalizes a URI by making it syntactically correct.
file_stream_wrapper_valid_scheme Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Checks that the scheme of a stream URI is valid.
file_unmanaged_copy Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Copies a file to a new location without database changes or hook invocation.
file_unmanaged_delete Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Deletes a file without database changes or hook invocations.
file_unmanaged_delete_recursive Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Deletes all files and directories in the specified filepath recursively.
file_unmanaged_move Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Moves a file to a new location without database changes or hook invocation.
file_unmanaged_prepare Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Internal function that prepares the destination for a file_unmanaged_copy or
file_unmanaged_move operation.
file_unmanaged_save_data Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Saves a file to the specified destination without invoking file API.
file_unmunge_filename core/includes/file.inc Undoes the effect of file_munge_filename().
file_upload_max_size Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Determines the maximum file upload size by querying the PHP settings.
file_uri_scheme Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Returns the scheme of a URI (e.g. a stream).
file_uri_target Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Returns the part of a URI after the schema.
file_url_transform_relative core/includes/file.inc Transforms an absolute URL of a local file to a relative URL.
file_valid_uri Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Determines whether the URI has a valid scheme for file API operations.

Constants

Title Deprecated File name Summary
FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Flag used to create a directory if not present.
FILE_EXISTS_ERROR Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Flag for dealing with existing files: Do nothing and return FALSE.
FILE_EXISTS_RENAME Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Flag for dealing with existing files: Appends number until name is unique.
FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Flag for dealing with existing files: Replace the existing file.
FILE_MODIFY_PERMISSIONS Deprecated core/includes/file.inc Flag used to indicate file permissions may be changed.
FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT core/includes/file.inc Indicates that the file is permanent and should not be deleted.

Classes

Title File name Summary
File core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php Defines the file entity class.

Interfaces

Title File name Summary
FileInterface core/modules/file/src/FileInterface.php Defines getter and setter methods for file entity base fields.

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