Creates a file in the upload folder with given content.

If there is an error, then the key ‘error’ will exist with the error message.
If success, then the key ‘file’ will have the unique file path, the ‘url’ key will have the link to the new file. and the ‘error’ key will be set to false.

This function will not move an uploaded file to the upload folder. It will create a new file with the content in $bits parameter. If you move the upload file, read the content of the uploaded file, and then you can give the filename and content to this function, which will add it to the upload folder.

The permissions will be set on the new file automatically by this function.

$name string Required

Filename.

$deprecated null|string Required

Never used. Set to null.

$bits string Required

File content

$time string Optional

Time formatted in 'yyyy/mm'.

Default: null

array Information about the newly-uploaded file.

• filestring
  Filename of the newly-uploaded file.
• urlstring
  URL of the uploaded file.
• typestring
  File type.
• errorstring|false
  Error message, if there has been an error.

File: wp-includes/functions.php. View all references

function wp_upload_bits( $name, $deprecated, $bits, $time = null ) {
	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.0.0' );
	}

	if ( empty( $name ) ) {
		return array( 'error' => __( 'Empty filename' ) );
	}

	$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype( $name );
	if ( ! $wp_filetype['ext'] && ! current_user_can( 'unfiltered_upload' ) ) {
		return array( 'error' => __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type.' ) );
	}

	$upload = wp_upload_dir( $time );

	if ( false !== $upload['error'] ) {
		return $upload;
	}

	/**
	 * Filters whether to treat the upload bits as an error.
	 *
	 * Returning a non-array from the filter will effectively short-circuit preparing the upload bits
	 * and return that value instead. An error message should be returned as a string.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param array|string $upload_bits_error An array of upload bits data, or error message to return.
	 */
	$upload_bits_error = apply_filters(
		'wp_upload_bits',
		array(
			'name' => $name,
			'bits' => $bits,
			'time' => $time,
		)
	);
	if ( ! is_array( $upload_bits_error ) ) {
		$upload['error'] = $upload_bits_error;
		return $upload;
	}

	$filename = wp_unique_filename( $upload['path'], $name );

	$new_file = $upload['path'] . "/$filename";
	if ( ! wp_mkdir_p( dirname( $new_file ) ) ) {
		if ( 0 === strpos( $upload['basedir'], ABSPATH ) ) {
			$error_path = str_replace( ABSPATH, '', $upload['basedir'] ) . $upload['subdir'];
		} else {
			$error_path = wp_basename( $upload['basedir'] ) . $upload['subdir'];
		}

		$message = sprintf(
			/* translators: %s: Directory path. */
			__( 'Unable to create directory %s. Is its parent directory writable by the server?' ),
			$error_path
		);
		return array( 'error' => $message );
	}

	$ifp = @fopen( $new_file, 'wb' );
	if ( ! $ifp ) {
		return array(
			/* translators: %s: File name. */
			'error' => sprintf( __( 'Could not write file %s' ), $new_file ),
		);
	}

	fwrite( $ifp, $bits );
	fclose( $ifp );
	clearstatcache();

	// Set correct file permissions.
	$stat  = @ stat( dirname( $new_file ) );
	$perms = $stat['mode'] & 0007777;
	$perms = $perms & 0000666;
	chmod( $new_file, $perms );
	clearstatcache();

	// Compute the URL.
	$url = $upload['url'] . "/$filename";

	if ( is_multisite() ) {
		clean_dirsize_cache( $new_file );
	}

	/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/file.php */
	return apply_filters(
		'wp_handle_upload',
		array(
			'file'  => $new_file,
			'url'   => $url,
			'type'  => $wp_filetype['type'],
			'error' => false,
		),
		'sideload'
	);
}