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createTempFile()

Description

Create a temporary copy of the file in the tmp folder (ie. the usual filestore/tmp/)

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$path string File path
$uniqid string If a uniqid is provided, create a folder within tmp. See get_temp_dir() for more information.
$filename string Filename of the new file

Return

boolean|string Returns FALSE or the file path of the temporary file

Location

include/resource_functions.php lines 4519 to 4550

Definition

 
function createTempFile($path, $uniqid, $filename)
    {
    if(
        !file_exists($path) 
        || !is_readable($path)
        || !is_valid_rs_path($path)
    ) {
        return false;
    }

    $tmp_dir = get_temp_dir(false, $uniqid);

    if(trim($filename) == '')
        {
        $file_path_info = pathinfo($path);
        $filename = md5(mt_rand()) . "_{$file_path_info['basename']}";
        }

    $tmpfile = "{$tmp_dir}/{$filename}";

    $copy_hook = hook('createtempfile_copy', '', array($path, $tmpfile));
    if($copy_hook == false)
        {
        copy($path, $tmpfile);
        }
    else
        {
        $tmpfile = $copy_hook;
        }

    return $tmpfile;
    }

This article was last updated 17th November 2024 15:05 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 15th November 2024 18:30 Europe/London time.