Creates a .htaccess file in the given directory.

Parameters

$directory: The directory.

$private: FALSE indicates that $directory should be an open and public directory. The default is TRUE which indicates a private and protected directory.

$force_overwrite: Set to TRUE to attempt to overwrite the existing .htaccess file if one is already present. Defaults to FALSE.

Related topics

File

drupal-7.x/includes/file.inc, line 477

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_create_htaccess($directory, $private = TRUE, $force_overwrite = FALSE) {
  if (file_uri_scheme($directory)) {
    $directory = file_stream_wrapper_uri_normalize($directory);
  }
  else {
    $directory = rtrim($directory, '/\\');
  }
  $htaccess_path = $directory . '/.htaccess';

  if (file_exists($htaccess_path) && !$force_overwrite) {
    // Short circuit if the .htaccess file already exists.
    return;
  }

  $htaccess_lines = file_htaccess_lines($private);

  // Write the .htaccess file.
  if (file_put_contents($htaccess_path, $htaccess_lines)) {
    drupal_chmod($htaccess_path, 0444);
  }
  else {
    $variables = array('%directory' => $directory, '!htaccess' => '<br />' . nl2br(check_plain($htaccess_lines)));
    watchdog('security', "Security warning: Couldn't write .htaccess file. Please create a .htaccess file in your %directory directory which contains the following lines: <code>!htaccess</code>", $variables, WATCHDOG_ERROR);
  }
}