<?php /** * @defgroup tripal_files_api Files API * @ingroup tripal_core_api * @{ * Provides an application programming interface (API) for managing files within * the Tripal data directory structure. * @} * */ /** * This function is a substitute for Drupal 6's file_directory_path() * function which no longer exists in Drupal 7. However, the function * call is useful because it's more intitutive. So this wrapper was created * to mimic the behavior of the old function. * * @return * the public directory where tripal files are housed: sites/default/files/tripal */ function tripal_file_directory_path() { return variable_get('file_public_path', conf_path() . '/files/tripal'); } /** * This function is typically used in the '.install' file for a Tripal module * Each module should call this function during installation to create * the module data directory which is sites/default/files/tripal/[module_name] * for default Drupal settings. This directory can then be used by the module * for storing files. * * @param $module_name * the name of the module being installed. * * @returns * nothing * * @ingroup tripal_files_api */ function tripal_create_moddir($module_name) { // make the data directory for this module $data_dir = tripal_file_directory_path() . "/$module_name"; if (!file_prepare_directory($data_dir, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY | FILE_MODIFY_PERMISSIONS)) { $message = "Cannot create directory $data_dir. This module may not " . "behave correctly without this directory. Please create " . "the directory manually or fix the problem and reinstall."; drupal_set_message(check_plain(t($message)), 'error'); watchdog('tripal_core', $message, array(), WATCHDOG_ERROR); } } /** * This function creates directories inside of the module's * Data directory. * * @param $module_name * @param $path */ function tripal_create_mod_subdir($module_name, $path) { // make sure the module data directory exists tripal_create_moddir($module_name); // now make sure the sub dir exists $sub_dir = tripal_file_directory_path() . $module_name . $path; if (!file_prepare_directory($sub_dir, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY | FILE_MODIFY_PERMISSIONS)) { $message = "Cannot create directory $sub_dir. "; drupal_set_message(check_plain(t($message)), 'error'); watchdog('tripal_core', $message, array(), WATCHDOG_ERROR); } } /** * Each Tripal module has a unique data directory which was creatd using the * tripal_create_moddir function during installation. This function * retrieves the directory path. * * @param $module_name * The name of the module * * @returns * The path within the Drupal installation where the data directory resides * * @ingroup tripal_files_api */ function tripal_get_moddir($module_name) { $data_dir = tripal_file_directory_path() . "/$module_name"; return $data_dir; }