FileHelper

Type
Class
Namespace
craft\helpers
Inherits
craft\helpers\FileHelper » yii\helpers\FileHelper (opens new window) » yii\helpers\BaseFileHelper (opens new window)
Since
3.0.0

Class FileHelper

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# Public Properties

Property Description
mimeAliasesFile (opens new window) string (opens new window) – The path (or alias) of a PHP file containing MIME aliases.
mimeExtensionsFile (opens new window) string (opens new window) – The path (or alias) of a PHP file containing extensions per MIME type.
mimeMagicFile string (opens new window) – The path (or alias) of a PHP file containing MIME type information.

# mimeMagicFile

Type
string (opens new window)
Default value
'@app/config/mimeTypes.php'

The path (or alias) of a PHP file containing MIME type information.

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# Public Methods

Method Description
addFilesToZip() Adds all the files in a given directory to a ZipArchive, preserving the nested directory structure.
canTrustMimeType() Returns whether a MIME type can be trusted, or whether we should double-check based on the file extension.
changeOwnership() (opens new window) Changes the Unix user and/or group ownership of a file or directory, and optionally the mode.
clearDirectory() Removes all of a directory’s contents recursively.
copyDirectory() Copies a whole directory as another one.
createDirectory() Creates a new directory.
cycle() Moves existing files down to *.1, *.2, etc.
filterPath() (opens new window) Checks if the given file path satisfies the filtering options.
findDirectories() (opens new window) Returns the directories found under the specified directory and subdirectories.
findFiles() (opens new window) Returns the files found under the specified directory and subdirectories.
getExtensionByMimeType() Return a file extension for the given MIME type.
getExtensionsByMimeType() (opens new window) Determines the extensions by given MIME type.
getMimeType() Determines the MIME type of the specified file.
getMimeTypeByExtension() (opens new window) Determines the MIME type based on the extension name of the specified file.
hasAnythingChanged() Returns whether any files in a source directory have changed, compared to another directory.
invalidate() Invalidates a cached file with clearstatcache() and opcache_invalidate().
isDirectoryEmpty() Returns whether a given directory is empty (has no files) recursively.
isGif() Returns whether the given file path is an GIF image.
isSvg() Returns whether the given file path is an SVG image.
isWritable() Tests whether a file/directory is writable.
lastModifiedTime() Returns the last modification time for the given path.
localize() (opens new window) Returns the localized version of a specified file.
normalizePath() Normalizes a file/directory path.
removeDirectory() Removes a directory (and all its content) recursively.
removeFile() Removes a file or symlink in a cross-platform way
sanitizeFilename() Sanitizes a filename.
uniqueName() Returns a unique version of a filename with uniqid(), ensuring the result is at most 255 characters.
unlink() Removes a file or symlink in a cross-platform way
useFileLocks() Returns whether file locks can be used when writing to files.
writeGitignoreFile() Creates a .gitignore file in the given directory if one doesn’t exist yet.
writeToFile() Writes contents to a file.
zip() Zips a file.

# addFilesToZip()

Adds all the files in a given directory to a ZipArchive, preserving the nested directory structure.

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Arguments

# canTrustMimeType()

Since
3.1.7

Returns whether a MIME type can be trusted, or whether we should double-check based on the file extension.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window)

# clearDirectory()

Removes all of a directory’s contents recursively.

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Arguments

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# copyDirectory()

Copies a whole directory as another one.

The files and sub-directories will also be copied over.

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Arguments

  • $src (string (opens new window)) – The source directory

  • $dst (string (opens new window)) – The destination directory

  • $options (array (opens new window)) – Options for directory copy. Valid options are:

  • dirMode: integer, the permission to be set for newly copied directories. Defaults to 0775.

  • fileMode: integer, the permission to be set for newly copied files. Defaults to the current environment setting.

  • filter: callback, a PHP callback that is called for each directory or file. The signature of the callback should be: function ($path), where $path refers the full path to be filtered. The callback can return one of the following values:

    • true: the directory or file will be copied (the "only" and "except" options will be ignored)
    • false: the directory or file will NOT be copied (the "only" and "except" options will be ignored)
    • null: the "only" and "except" options will determine whether the directory or file should be copied
  • only: array, list of patterns that the file paths should match if they want to be copied. A path matches a pattern if it contains the pattern string at its end. For example, '.php' matches all file paths ending with '.php'. Note, the '/' characters in a pattern matches both '/' and '' in the paths. If a file path matches a pattern in both "only" and "except", it will NOT be copied.

  • except: array, list of patterns that the files or directories should match if they want to be excluded from being copied. A path matches a pattern if it contains the pattern string at its end. Patterns ending with '/' apply to directory paths only, and patterns not ending with '/' apply to file paths only. For example, '/a/b' matches all file paths ending with '/a/b'; and '.svn/' matches directory paths ending with '.svn'. Note, the '/' characters in a pattern matches both '/' and '' in the paths.

  • caseSensitive: boolean, whether patterns specified at "only" or "except" should be case sensitive. Defaults to true.

  • recursive: boolean, whether the files under the subdirectories should also be copied. Defaults to true.

  • beforeCopy: callback, a PHP callback that is called before copying each sub-directory or file. If the callback returns false, the copy operation for the sub-directory or file will be cancelled. The signature of the callback should be: function ($from, $to), where $from is the sub-directory or file to be copied from, while $to is the copy target.

  • afterCopy: callback, a PHP callback that is called after each sub-directory or file is successfully copied. The signature of the callback should be: function ($from, $to), where $from is the sub-directory or file copied from, while $to is the copy target.

  • copyEmptyDirectories: boolean, whether to copy empty directories. Set this to false to avoid creating directories that do not contain files. This affects directories that do not contain files initially as well as directories that do not contain files at the target destination because files have been filtered via only or except. Defaults to true. This option is available since version 2.0.12. Before 2.0.12 empty directories are always copied.

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# createDirectory()

Creates a new directory.

This method is similar to the PHP mkdir() function except that it uses chmod() to set the permission of the created directory in order to avoid the impact of the umask setting.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window) – Whether the directory is created successfully

Throws

# cycle()

Since
3.0.38

Moves existing files down to *.1, *.2, etc.

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Arguments

# getExtensionByMimeType()

Since
3.5.15

Return a file extension for the given MIME type.

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Arguments

  • $mimeType
  • $preferShort
  • $magicFile

Returns

string (opens new window)

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# getMimeType()

Determines the MIME type of the specified file.

This method will first try to determine the MIME type based on finfo_open (opens new window). If the fileinfo extension is not installed, it will fall back to getMimeTypeByExtension() (opens new window) when $checkExtension is true.

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Arguments

Returns

string (opens new window), null (opens new window) – The MIME type (e.g. text/plain). Null is returned if the MIME type cannot be determined.

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# hasAnythingChanged()

Returns whether any files in a source directory have changed, compared to another directory.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window)

Throws

# invalidate()

Since
3.4.0

Invalidates a cached file with clearstatcache() and opcache_invalidate().

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Arguments

# isDirectoryEmpty()

Returns whether a given directory is empty (has no files) recursively.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window) – Whether the directory is empty

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# isGif()

Since
3.0.9

Returns whether the given file path is an GIF image.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window)

# isSvg()

Returns whether the given file path is an SVG image.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window)

# isWritable()

Tests whether a file/directory is writable.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window) – Whether the path is writable

Throws

# lastModifiedTime()

Returns the last modification time for the given path.

If the path is a directory, any nested files/directories will be checked as well.

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Arguments

Returns

integer (opens new window) – Unix timestamp representing the last modification time

# normalizePath()

Normalizes a file/directory path.

The normalization does the following work:

  • Convert all directory separators into DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR (e.g. "\a/b\c" becomes "/a/b/c")
  • Remove trailing directory separators (e.g. "/a/b/c/" becomes "/a/b/c")
  • Turn multiple consecutive slashes into a single one (e.g. "/a///b/c" becomes "/a/b/c")
  • Remove ".." and "." based on their meanings (e.g. "/a/./b/../c" becomes "/a/c")

Note: For registered stream wrappers, the consecutive slashes rule and ".."/"." translations are skipped.

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Arguments

Returns

string (opens new window) – The normalized file/directory path

# removeDirectory()

Removes a directory (and all its content) recursively.

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Arguments

  • $dir (string (opens new window)) – The directory to be deleted recursively.

  • $options (array (opens new window)) – Options for directory remove. Valid options are:

  • traverseSymlinks: boolean, whether symlinks to the directories should be traversed too. Defaults to false, meaning the content of the symlinked directory would not be deleted. Only symlink would be removed in that default case.

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# removeFile()

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 3.0.0-RC11. Use unlink() instead.

Removes a file or symlink in a cross-platform way

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window)

# sanitizeFilename()

Sanitizes a filename.

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Arguments

  • $filename (string (opens new window)) – The filename to sanitize
  • $options (array (opens new window)) – Options for sanitization. Valid options are:
  • asciiOnly: bool, whether only ASCII characters should be allowed. Defaults to false.
  • separator: string|null, the separator character to use in place of whitespace. defaults to '-'. If set to null, whitespace will be preserved.

Returns

string (opens new window) – The cleansed filename

# uniqueName()

Since
3.8.3

Returns a unique version of a filename with uniqid(), ensuring the result is at most 255 characters.

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Arguments

Returns

string (opens new window)

Since
3.4.16

Removes a file or symlink in a cross-platform way

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Arguments

Returns

boolean (opens new window)

# useFileLocks()

Returns whether file locks can be used when writing to files.

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Returns

boolean (opens new window)

# writeGitignoreFile()

Since
3.4.0

Creates a .gitignore file in the given directory if one doesn’t exist yet.

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Arguments

  • $path (string (opens new window))
  • $options (array (opens new window)) – Options for file write. Valid options are:
  • createDirs: bool, whether to create parent directories if they do not exist. Defaults to true.
  • lock: bool, whether a file lock should be used. Defaults to false.

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# writeToFile()

Writes contents to a file.

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Arguments

  • $file (string (opens new window)) – The file path
  • $contents (string (opens new window)) – The new file contents
  • $options (array (opens new window)) – Options for file write. Valid options are:
  • createDirs: bool, whether to create parent directories if they do not exist. Defaults to true.
  • append: bool, whether the contents should be appended to the existing contents. Defaults to false.
  • lock: bool, whether a file lock should be used. Defaults to the useWriteFileLock config setting.

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# zip()

Since
3.5.0

Zips a file.

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Arguments

Returns

string (opens new window) – The zip file path

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# Protected Methods

Method Description
loadMimeAliases() (opens new window) Loads MIME aliases from the specified file.
loadMimeExtensions() (opens new window) Loads MIME extensions from the specified file.
loadMimeTypes() (opens new window) Loads MIME types from the specified file.
normalizeOptions() (opens new window)

# Constants

Constant Description
PATTERN_CASE_INSENSITIVE
PATTERN_ENDSWITH
PATTERN_MUSTBEDIR
PATTERN_NEGATIVE
PATTERN_NODIR