Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 5.x includes/file.inc \file_directory_path()
  2. 6.x includes/file.inc \file_directory_path()

Determine the default 'files' directory.

Return value

A string containing the path to Drupal's 'files' directory.

Related topics

File interface
Common file handling functions.
8 calls to file_directory_path()
fileupload_execute in developer/examples/fileupload.module
Implementation of hook_execute().
file_create_path in includes/file.inc
Make sure the destination is a complete path and resides in the file system directory, if it is not prepend the file system directory.
file_create_url in includes/file.inc
Create the download path to a file.
file_directory_temp in includes/file.inc
Determine the default temporary directory.
hook_submit in developer/hooks/node.php
This is a hook used by node modules. It is called after validation has succeeded and before insert/update. It is used to for actions which must happen only if the node is to be saved. Usually, $node is changed in some way and then the actual saving of…

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1 string reference to 'file_directory_path'
system_theme_settings in modules/system.module
Menu callback; display theme configuration for entire site and individual themes.

File

includes/file.inc, line 711
API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_directory_path() {
  return variable_get('file_directory_path', 'files');
}