function theme_file_link

Returns HTML for a link to a file.

Parameters

$variables: An associative array containing:

• file: A file object to which the link will be created.
• icon_directory: (optional) A path to a directory of icons to be used for files. Defaults to the value of the "file_icon_directory" variable.

Related topics

File

modules/file/file.theme.inc, line 47

Theme functions for the File module.

Code

function theme_file_link($variables) {
  $file = $variables['file'];
  $icon_directory = $variables['icon_directory'];

  $url = file_create_url($file->uri);

  // Human-readable names, for use as text-alternatives to icons.
  $mime_name = array(
    'application/msword' => t('Microsoft Office document icon'),
    'application/vnd.ms-excel' => t('Office spreadsheet icon'),
    'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint' => t('Office presentation icon'),
    'application/pdf' => t('PDF icon'),
    'video/quicktime' => t('Movie icon'),
    'audio/mpeg' => t('Audio icon'),
    'audio/wav' => t('Audio icon'),
    'image/jpeg' => t('Image icon'),
    'image/png' => t('Image icon'),
    'image/gif' => t('Image icon'),
    'application/zip' => t('Package icon'),
    'text/html' => t('HTML icon'),
    'text/plain' => t('Plain text icon'),
    'application/octet-stream' => t('Binary Data'),
  );

  $mimetype = file_get_mimetype($file->uri);

  $icon = theme('file_icon', array(
    // Requires a file entity, make sure it gets one.
    'file' => ($file instanceof File) ? $file : file_load($file->fid),
    'icon_directory' => $icon_directory,
    'alt' => !empty($mime_name[$mimetype]) ? $mime_name[$mimetype] : t('File'),
  ));

  // Set options as per anchor format described at
  // http://microformats.org/wiki/file-format-examples
  $options = array(
    'attributes' => array(
      'type' => $file->filemime . '; length=' . $file->filesize,
    ),
  );

  // Use the description as the link text if available.
  if (empty($file->description)) {
    $link_text = $file->filename;
  }
  else {
    $link_text = $file->description;
    $options['attributes']['title'] = check_plain($file->filename);
  }

  return '<span class="file">' . $icon . ' ' . l($link_text, $url, $options) . '</span>';
}