Title: WP_Filesystem_Base::put_contents
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_Base::put_contents( string $file, string $contents, int|false $mode = false ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Writes a string to a file.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$file`stringrequired

Remote path to the file where to write the data.

`$contents`stringrequired

The data to write.

`$mode`int|falseoptional

The file permissions as octal number, usually 0644.

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True on success, false on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function put_contents( $file, $contents, $mode = false ) {
    	return false;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php#L529)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php#L529-L531)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.  [Skip to note 2 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/?output_format=md#comment-content-6460)
 2.   [Darren Cooney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcooney/)  [  3 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/#comment-6460)
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 4.     ```php
        global $wp_filesystem;
        include_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php';
        WP_Filesystem();
    
        $content  = 'WordPress: Publish your passion';
        $filepath = '/path/to/file/';
    
        $success = $wp_filesystem->put_contents( $filepath . 'index.txt', $content, FS_CHMOD_FILE );
    
        if ( $success ) {
        	echo 'File created successfully.';
        } else {
        	echo 'Error creating file.';
        }
        ```
    
 5.  * The order in which to implement is different. Make sure you include and initiate
       functions like this `include_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php'; WP_Filesystem();
       global $wp_filesystem;`
     * [Suman Bhattarai](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metalfreek/) [3 years ago](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/put_contents/#comment-6729)
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