function FileSystem::saveData

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/File/FileSystem.php \Drupal\Core\File\FileSystem::saveData()
  2. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/File/FileSystem.php \Drupal\Core\File\FileSystem::saveData()
  3. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/File/FileSystem.php \Drupal\Core\File\FileSystem::saveData()

Saves a file 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

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

string $destination: A string containing the destination location. This must be a stream wrapper URI.

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

Return value

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

Overrides FileSystemInterface::saveData

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/File/FileSystem.php, line 503

Class

FileSystem
Provides helpers to operate on files and stream wrappers.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\File

Code

public function saveData($data, $destination, $replace = self::EXISTS_RENAME) {
    // Write the data to a temporary file.
    $temp_name = $this->tempnam('temporary://', 'file');
    if (file_put_contents($temp_name, $data) === FALSE) {
        $this->logger
            ->error("Temporary file '%temp_name' could not be created.", [
            '%temp_name' => $temp_name,
        ]);
        throw new FileWriteException("Temporary file '{$temp_name}' could not be created.");
    }
    // Move the file to its final destination.
    return $this->move($temp_name, $destination, $replace);
}

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