Drupal: Save a file from filesystem - php

Question

I want to save a file, that I have created in the temp directory, into drupal. But file_save requests a file object but I have just the real path.
$imageId =file_save('/tmp/proj/media/cover.jpg']);

Answer 1

I think you're looking for the file_save_data function, or possibly file_unmanaged_save_data, instead of file_save().

Answer 2

file_save(stdClass $file) save a file object. You are trying to download a file.
You can do as
$file = '/tmp/proj/media/cover.jpg';
// Get the file size
$details = stat($file);
$filesize = $details['size'];
// Get the path to your Drupal site's files directory
$dest = file_directory_path();
// Copy the file to the Drupal files directory
if(!file_copy($file, $dest)) {
echo "Failed to move file: $file.\n";
return;
} else {
// file_move might change the name of the file
$name = basename($file);
}
// Build the file object
$file_obj = new stdClass();
$file_obj->filename = $name;
$file_obj->filepath = $file;
$file_obj->filemime = file_get_mimetype($name);
$file_obj->filesize = $filesize;
$file_obj->filesource = $name;
// You can change this to the UID you want
$file_obj->uid = 1;
$file_obj->status = FILE_STATUS_TEMPORARY;
$file_obj->timestamp = time();
$file_obj->list = 1;
$file_obj->new = true;
// Save file to files table
drupal_write_record('files', $file_obj);
I hope this will help you.