Handling Folders and Files

You can manipulate folders and files within Solital through the HandleFiles class, such as creating folders, removing folders, listing files and deleting files.

use Solital\Core\Resource\HandleFiles;

$folder = new HandleFiles();

List files within a folder

list multiple files

Use the folder() method to define the folder containing the files in Solital to be listed. To list all files within that folder, chain the files() method.

/** Array return */
$res = $folder->folder("folder_name")->files();

pre($res);

list single file

/** String return */
$res = $folder->folder("folder_name")->file('README.md');

pre($res);

To list only a single file within the folder, use the file() method passing as a parameter the file you want to search for

Check if a file exists

To check if there is a file inside the folder, use fileExists().

/** Boolean return */
$res = $folder->folder("folder_name")->fileExists("README.md");

pre($res);

You can delete the file if it exists, to do so enter true in the second parameter.

/** Boolean return */
$res = $folder->folder("folder_name")->fileExists("README.md", true);

pre($res);

Create folder

To create a folder inside Solital, use only the create() method.

/** Boolean return */
$res = $folder->create("folder_name");

pre($res);

You can define the type of permission the folder will have. The default is 0777.

/** Boolean return */
$res = $folder->create("folder_name", 0755);

pre($res);

Remove folder

To delete a folder inside Solital, use only the remove() method. This method will delete a folder if it is empty.

/** Boolean return */
$res = $folder->remove("folder_name");

pre($res);

The remove() method checks for files inside the folder. If you want to delete the files inside the folder, pass false in the second parameter.

/** Boolean return */
$res = $folder->remove("folder_name", false);

pre($res);