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Description

Append a filter to the chain

Syntax

appendFilter($filtername, $read_write=STREAM_FILTER_READ, $params=Array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$filtername
$read_write	STREAM_FILTER_READ
$params	Array()

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filesystem/stream.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.stream' );

Source Body

function appendFilter($filtername, $read_write=STREAM_FILTER_READ, $params=Array() )
{
        $res = false;
        if($this->_fh)
        {
                // Capture PHP errors
                $php_errormsg = '';
                $track_errors = ini_get('track_errors');
                ini_set('track_errors', true);

                $res = @stream_filter_append($this->_fh, $filtername, $read_write, $params);
                if(!$res && $php_errormsg) {
                        $this->setError($php_errormsg);
                } else {
                        $this->filters[] =& $res;
                }

                // restore error tracking to what it was before
                ini_set('track_errors',$track_errors);
        }
        return $res;
}