Respond to a file being added.

This hook is called after a file has been added to the database. The hook doesn't distinguish between files created as a result of a copy or those created by an upload.

Parameters

$file: The file that has been added.

See also

file_save()

Related topics

2 functions implement hook_file_insert()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

entity_crud_hook_test_file_insert in modules/simpletest/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.module

Implements hook_file_insert().

file_test_file_insert in modules/simpletest/tests/file_test.module

Implements hook_file_insert().

1 invocation of hook_file_insert()

file_save in includes/file.inc

Saves a file object to the database.

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 2904

Code

function hook_file_insert($file) {
    // Add a message to the log, if the file is a jpg
    $validate = file_validate_extensions($file, 'jpg');
    if (empty($validate)) {
        watchdog('file', 'A jpg has been added.');
    }
}

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