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PHP Filesystem Introduction

The filesystem functions allow you to access and manipulate the filesystem.
Installation
The filesystem functions are part of the PHP core. There is no installation needed to use these
functions.
Unix / Windows Compatibility

When specifying a path on Unix platforms, a forward slash (/) is used as directory separator.
On Windows platforms, both forward slash (/) and backslash (\) can be used.
Runtime Configuration
The behavior of the filesystem functions is affected by settings in php.ini.
Name Default Description Changeable
allow_url_fopen "1" Allows fopen()-type functions to PHP_INI_SYSTEM

work with URLs
allow_url_include "0" (available since PHP 5.2) PHP_INI_SYSTEM
user_agent NULL Defines the user agent for PHP to PHP_INI_ALL

send (available since PHP 4.3)
default_socket_timeout "60" Sets the default timeout, in PHP_INI_ALL

seconds, for socket based streams
(available since PHP 4.3)
from "" Defines the email address to be PHP_INI_ALL

used on unauthenticated FTP
connections and in the From header
for HTTP connections when using
ftp and http wrappers
auto_detect_line_endings "0" When set to "1", PHP will examine PHP_INI_ALL

the data read by fgets() and file() to
see if it is using Unix, MS-Dos or
Mac line-ending characters
(available since PHP 4.3)
sys_temp_dir "" (available since PHP 5.5) PHP_INI_SYSTEM
PHP Filesystem Functions

Function Description
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basename() CSS Returns
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chgrp() Changes the file group
chmod() Changes the file mode
chown() Changes the file owner
clearstatcache() Clears the file status cache
copy() Copies a file
delete() See unlink()
dirname() Returns the directory name component of a path
disk_free_space() Returns the free space of a filesystem or disk
disk_total_space() Returns the total size of a filesystem or disk
diskfreespace() Alias of disk_free_space()
fclose() Closes an open file
feof() Checks if the "end-of-file" (EOF) has been reached for an open file
fflush() Flushes buffered output to an open file
fgetc() Returns a single character from an open file
fgetcsv() Returns a line from an open CSV file
fgets() Returns a line from an open file
fgetss() Deprecated from PHP 7.3. Returns a line from an open file -
stripped from HTML and PHP tags
file() Reads a file into an array
file_exists() Checks whether or not a file or directory exists
file_get_contents() Reads a file into a string
file_put_contents() Writes data to a file
fileatime() Returns the last access time of a file
filectime() Returns the last change time of a file
filegroup() Returns the group ID of a file
fileinode() Returns the inode number of a file

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fileowner() Returns the user ID (owner) of a file
fileperms() Returns the file's permissions
filesize() Returns the file size
filetype() Returns the file type
flock() Locks or releases a file
fnmatch() Matches a filename or string against a specified pattern
fopen() Opens a file or URL
fpassthru() Reads from the current position in a file - until EOF, and writes the
result to the output buffer
fputcsv() Formats a line as CSV and writes it to an open file
fputs() Alias of fwrite()
fread() Reads from an open file (binary-safe)
fscanf() Parses input from an open file according to a specified format
fseek() Seeks in an open file
fstat() Returns information about an open file
ftell() Returns the current position in an open file
ftruncate() Truncates an open file to a specified length
fwrite() Writes to an open file (binary-safe)
glob() Returns an array of filenames / directories matching a specified

pattern
is_dir() Checks whether a file is a directory
is_executable() Checks whether a file is executable
is_file() Checks whether a file is a regular file
is_link() Checks whether a file is a link
is_readable() Checks whether a file is readable
is_uploaded_file() Checks whether a file was uploaded via HTTP POST

is_writable() Checks whether a file is writable
is_writeable() Alias of is_writable()
lchgrp() Changes the group ownership of a symbolic link
lchown() Changes the user ownership of a symbolic link
link() Creates a hard link
linkinfo() Returns information about a hard link
lstat() Returns information about a file or symbolic link
mkdir() Creates a directory
move_uploaded_file() Moves an uploaded file to a new location
parse_ini_file() Parses a configuration file
parse_ini_string() Parses a configuration string
pathinfo() Returns information about a file path
pclose() Closes a pipe opened by popen()
popen() Opens a pipe
readfile() Reads a file and writes it to the output buffer
readlink() Returns the target of a symbolic link
realpath() Returns the absolute pathname
realpath_cache_get() Returns realpath cache entries
realpath_cache_size() Returns realpath cache size
rename() Renames a file or directory
rewind() Rewinds a file pointer
rmdir() Removes an empty directory
set_file_buffer() Alias of stream_set_write_buffer(). Sets the buffer size for write

operations on the given file
stat() Returns information about a file
symlink() Creates a symbolic link
tempnam() Creates a unique temporary file

tmpfile() Creates a unique temporary file
touch() Sets access and modification time of a file
umask() Changes file permissions for files
unlink() Deletes a file
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PHP Filesystem Functions

PHP Filesystem Introduction

Unix / Windows Compatibility

Name Default Description Changeable

allow_url_fopen "1" Allows fopen()-type functions to PHP_INI_SYSTEM

user_agent NULL Deﬁnes the user agent for PHP to PHP_INI_ALL

default_socket_timeout "60" Sets the default timeout, in PHP_INI_ALL

from "" Deﬁnes the email address to be PHP_INI_ALL

auto_detect_line_endings "0" When set to "1", PHP will examine PHP_INI_ALL

sys_temp_dir "" (available since PHP 5.5) PHP_INI_SYSTEM

PHP Filesystem Functions

chgrp() Changes the ﬁle group

chmod() Changes the ﬁle mode

chown() Changes the ﬁle owner

clearstatcache() Clears the ﬁle status cache

copy() Copies a ﬁle

delete() See unlink()

dirname() Returns the directory name component of a path

disk_free_space() Returns the free space of a ﬁlesystem or disk

disk_total_space() Returns the total size of a ﬁlesystem or disk

diskfreespace() Alias of disk_free_space()

fclose() Closes an open ﬁle

fﬂush() Flushes buffered output to an open ﬁle

fgetc() Returns a single character from an open ﬁle

fgetcsv() Returns a line from an open CSV ﬁle

fgets() Returns a line from an open ﬁle

ﬁle() Reads a ﬁle into an array

ﬁle_exists() Checks whether or not a ﬁle or directory exists

ﬁle_get_contents() Reads a ﬁle into a string

ﬁle_put_contents() Writes data to a ﬁle

ﬁleatime() Returns the last access time of a ﬁle

ﬁlectime() Returns the last change time of a ﬁle

ﬁlegroup() Returns the group ID of a ﬁle

ﬁleinode() Returns the inode number of a ﬁle

ﬁleperms() Returns the ﬁle's permissions

ﬁlesize() Returns the ﬁle size

ﬁletype() Returns the ﬁle type

ﬂock() Locks or releases a ﬁle

fnmatch() Matches a ﬁlename or string against a speciﬁed pattern

fopen() Opens a ﬁle or URL

fputcsv() Formats a line as CSV and writes it to an open ﬁle

fputs() Alias of fwrite()

fread() Reads from an open ﬁle (binary-safe)

fscanf() Parses input from an open ﬁle according to a speciﬁed format

fseek() Seeks in an open ﬁle

fstat() Returns information about an open ﬁle

ftell() Returns the current position in an open ﬁle

ftruncate() Truncates an open ﬁle to a speciﬁed length

fwrite() Writes to an open ﬁle (binary-safe)

glob() Returns an array of ﬁlenames / directories matching a speciﬁed

is_dir() Checks whether a ﬁle is a directory

is_executable() Checks whether a ﬁle is executable

is_file() Checks whether a file is a regular file

is_link() Checks whether a ﬁle is a link

is_readable() Checks whether a ﬁle is readable

is_uploaded_ﬁle() Checks whether a ﬁle was uploaded via HTTP POST

lchgrp() Changes the group ownership of a symbolic link

lchown() Changes the user ownership of a symbolic link

link() Creates a hard link