Extended version of php function "file_put_contents"

file_force_contents.php

/**
 * Extended version of function file_put_contents.
 * 
 * This function will create all dirs in the path to the file,
 * if they does not exists.
 * 
 * @param   string  path to file
 * @param   string  file content
 * @param   int     flag taken by file_put_contents function
 * @return  bool    false on failure, true on success
 */ 
function file_force_contents($file_path, $content, $flag = LOCK_EX)
{	
	// It's relative path, so we must change it to absolute
	if ($file_path[0] != '/')
	{
		$file_path = DOCROOT.$file_path;
	}

	$dirname = pathinfo($file_path, PATHINFO_DIRNAME);

	// Create directories if not exists
	if ( ! file_exists($dirname))
	{
		// Create dirs
		mkdir($dirname, 0777, TRUE);

		// Set permissions (must be manually set to fix umask issues)
		chmod($dirname, 0777);
	}

	// Create file
	return (bool) file_put_contents($file_path, $content, $flag);   
} // eo file_force_contents

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