Php file system functions

PHP extension-related file system functions

Directory functions

Chdir-Change Directory

Chroot-change root directory

Closedir-close directory handle

Dir-Return an instance of the Directory class

Getcwd-get the current working directory

Opendir-Open Directory handle

Readdir-read entries from the directory handle

Rewinddir-reverse directory handle

Scandir-list files and directories in a specified path

FileSystem functions

Basename-part of the file name in the returned path

Chgrp-change the group to which the file belongs

Chmod-change file mode

Chown-change the file owner

Clearstatcache-clear the file status cache

Copy-copy an object

Delete-see unlink or unset

Dirname-directory part of the returned path

Disk_free_space-return the available space in the directory

Disk_total_space-returns the total disk size of a directory

Diskfreespace-disk_free_space alias

Fclose-close an opened file pointer

Feof-test whether the file pointer is at the end of the file

Fflush-outputs Buffered content to a file

Fgetc-read characters from the file pointer

Fgetcsv-read a row from the file pointer and parse the CSV field

Fgets-read a row from the file pointer

Fgetss-read a row from the file pointer and filter out the HTML tag

File_exists-check whether the file or directory exists

File_get_contents-read the entire file into a string

File_put_contents-write a string to a file

File-read the entire file into an array

Fileatime-the last time the file was accessed

Filectime-get the inode modification time of the file

Filegroup-the group for obtaining files

Fileinode-get the inode of the file

Filemtime-get file modification time

Fileowner-get the file owner

Fileperms-get file permissions

Filesize-get the file size

Filetype-get file type

Flock-lightweight consultation file locking

Fnmatch-match the file name in the pattern

Fopen-open a file or URL

Fpassthru-all the remaining data at the output file pointer

Fputcsv-format rows as CSV and write file pointers

Fputs-fwrite alias

Fread-read files (which can be safely used for binary files)

Fscanf-format input from file

Fseek-locate in file pointer

Fstat-get file information through the opened file pointer

Ftell-returned file pointer read/write location

Ftruncate-truncates a file to a specified length

Fwrite-write a file (which can be safely used for binary files)

Glob-find the file path that matches the pattern

Is_dir-determine whether the given file name is a directory

Is_executable-determine whether a given file name can be executed

Is_file-determine whether the given file name is a normal file

Is_link-determine whether a given file name is a symbolic connection

Is_readable-determine whether the given file name is readable

Is_uploaded_file-determines whether the file is uploaded through http post.

Is_writable-determine whether a given file name can be written

Is_writeable-is_writable alias

Lchgrp-Changes group ownership of symlink

Lchown-Changes user ownership of symlink

Link-create a hard connection

Linkinfo-get the connection information

Lstat-displays information about a file or symbolic connection.

Mkdir-create a directory

Move_uploaded_file-move the uploaded file to a new location

Parse_ini_file-parse a configuration file

Parse_ini_string-Parse a configuration string

Pathinfo-returned file path information

Pclose-disable process file pointer

Popen-open process file pointer

Readfile-output a file

Readlink-returns the target to which the symbolic connection points.

Realpath_cache_get-Get realpath cache entries

Realpath_cache_size-Get realpath cache size

Realpath-returns the normalized absolute path name.

Rename-rename a file or directory

Rewind-position of the inverted file pointer

Rmdir-Delete directory

Set_file_buffer-stream_set_write_buffer alias

Stat-file information

Symlink-create a symbolic connection

Tempnam-create a file with a unique file name

Tmpfile-create a temporary file

Touch-set the file access and modification time

Umask-change the current umask

Unlink-delete an object