File::Create without source

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Hi! I’m trying to create an file using File::Create but is required to supply a “source”. So how can I create a file without having a source? I tried using f::write and it works, but I’m not hable to setup template, and other metadata.

Any help? Thanks!

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Whats the use case? File meta belongs to a file - i’m not sure why would want the meta file without a file to go with it.

You can probably do it with File:factory() …

$yourfile = File::factory([
  'source'     => 'asourcefile.file',
  'parent'     => $file->parent(),
  'filename'   => 'whateveryouwanttocallit.file',
  'template'   => 'fileblueprintname'
]);

$yourfile->save();
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I want to create a css file that is filled with text made by the same code and asign a template to the created file.

4

I see…

If you have already written the css file to disk with f::write, you can pass that same file through the code above. That should work, and generate the meta for you.

5

The source needs to be an existing file. This code seems to work, but seems a bit cumbersome:

<?php 
$styles = <<<EOD
body {
  background: blue;
}
EOD;

$file = null;
if (F::write($page->root(). '/test.css', $styles)) {
  $file = new File([
    'source' => $page->file('test.css'),
    'parent' => $page,
    'filename' => 'test.css'
  ]);

}

dump($file);
if ($file) {
  $file->update(['template' => 'css-file']);
}

Without the additional step, you have to refresh the page, it doesn’t get the file at first load with $page->file('test.css')

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Thank you both! I think now it’s working for me. Best