Installation

The class can be used standalone, however it's recommended to install via Composer:

composer require iautomation/filesystem-helper

Usage

If using Composer, just do something like:

use \FilesystemHelper\FilesystemHelper;

include 'path/to/vendor/autoload.php';

FilesystemHelper::deleteR('test', null); // DELETE TEST AND ALL CONTENTS!!

Otherwise, simply include the class:

use \FilesystemHelper\FilesystemHelper;

include 'path/to/FilesystemHelper.php';

FilesystemHelper::deleteR('test', null); // DELETE TEST AND ALL CONTENTS!!

Examples

// create test folder
FilesystemHelper::create('test');

// write to test/test.php
FilesystemHelper::write('test/test.php', 'test123');

// get file contents
echo FilesystemHelper::read('test/a.php');

// get all direct folders and files under test
foreach(FilesystemHelper::search('test') as $file){
	echo $file."\n";
}

// get all folders and files under test recursively
foreach(FilesystemHelper::searchR('test') as $file){
	echo $file."\n";
}

// get all direct files under test with the php extension using regex
foreach(FilesystemHelper::search('test', '/.*.php/') as $file){
	echo $file."\n";
}

// get all recursive files under test with the php extension using regex
foreach(FilesystemHelper::searchR('test', '/.*.php/') as $file){
	echo $file."\n";
}

// get all directories under test
foreach(FilesystemHelper::searchR('test') as $file){
	if($file->isDir())
		echo $file."\n";
}

// get all files under test
foreach(FilesystemHelper::searchR('test') as $file){
	if($file->isFile())
		echo $file."\n";
}

// get all folders and files under test listed "backwards". This is particularly useful when deleting
$iter = FilesystemHelper::searchR('test', null, -1, RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);
foreach($iter as $file){
	echo $file."\n";
}

/
DELETE FUNCTIONS ARE NOT FORGIVING. USE WITH CAUTION
*/

// delete all folders and files under test recursively
FilesystemHelper::deleteR('test', null);

// delete all direct folders and files under test
FilesystemHelper::delete('test', null);

// delete all recursive files under test with the php extension using regex
FilesystemHelper::deleteR('test', '/.*.php/', 1);

// delete the test/test.php file
FilesystemHelper::delete('test/test.php');