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

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Writes a string to a file.

Parameters

$filestringrequired
Remote path to the file where to write the data.
$contentsstringrequired
The data to write.
$modeint|falseoptional
The file permissions as octal number, usually 0644.

Default:false

Return

bool True on success, false on failure.

Source

public function put_contents( $file, $contents, $mode = false ) {
	$fp = @fopen( $file, 'wb' );

	if ( ! $fp ) {
		return false;
	}

	mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();

	$data_length = strlen( $contents );

	$bytes_written = fwrite( $fp, $contents );

	reset_mbstring_encoding();

	fclose( $fp );

	if ( $data_length !== $bytes_written ) {
		return false;
	}

	$this->chmod( $file, $mode );

	return true;
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.5.0Introduced.

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