Function Reference/update attached file

Description

Update attachment file path based on attachment ID.

Used to update the file path of the attachment, which uses post meta name '_wp_attached_file' to store the path of the attachment.

Note: This does not move the file. This simply updates the '_wp_attached_file' post meta after a move.

<?php update_attached_file( $attachment_id, $file ) ?>

$attachment_id

(integer) (required) Attachment ID

Default: None

$file

(string) (required) File path for the attachment

Default: None

Uses: apply_filters() to add update_attached_file() on $file and $attachment_id.

Since: 2.1.0

update_attached_file() is located in wp-includes/post.php

See also index of Function Reference and index of Template Tags.