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Method nameDescriptionExample
 chmod($dirname, $mode)

This method can be used to change directory permissions on a *nix system.

Expected parameters:

  • $dirname: the full path name of a directory
  • $mode: permission you want to set in octal mode

Returns: bool

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chmod('/var/www/test/',777);

The call of the method above grants read, write and execute rights.

 create($pathname, $recursive = false)

This method can be used to create a new folder.

Expected parameters:

  • $dirname: the full path name of a directory

Optional parameters:

  • $recursive

Returns: bool

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create('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above create the new folder test.

exists($dirname)
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titleVersion

 This method exists since CONTENIDO 4.9.7

Checks if a directory exists.

Expected parameters:

  • $dirname: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

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exists('var/www/contenido/plugins');

Checks if path contenido/plugins exists: If the path exists it returns true, otherwise it returns false

fileNameIsDot($fileName)This method was moved to cFileHandler class with version 4.9.3 and is deprecated now.see  cFileHandler
isDirectoryEmpty($dir)

This method returns checks if the given directory is empty.

Expected parameters:

  • $dir: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

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isDirectoryEmpty('/var/www/test');

The call of the method above returns true if the given directory exists, otherwise false.

move($dirname, $destination)

This method can be used to move a folder to another location.

Expected parameters:

  • $dirname: the full path name of a directory
  • destination: the full path of the new location

Returns: bool

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move('/var/www/test/','/var/www/test1/');

The call of the method above grants moves the folder test to folder test1.

read($dirName, $recursive = false, $dirOnly = false)

This method reads the content from given directory.

Expected parameters:

  • $dirName: the full path name of a directory

Optional parameters:

  • $recursive(bool: list recursive)
  • $dirOnly(bool: list only directories)

Returns: bool

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read('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above lists the content of the folder test.

recursiveCopy($filename, $destination)  
recursiveRmdir($dirname)

This method deletes the given folder recursively, that means including all of its subfolders and files.

Expected parameters:

  • $dirname: the full directory path

Returns: bool

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recursiveRmdir('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above deletes the folder test recursively.

remove($dirname)

This method removes the given directory from the filesystem.

Expected parameters:

  • $filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename)

Returns: bool

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remove('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method above deletes the folder test.

rename($dirname, $new_dirname)

This method renames the given file from the filesystem.

Expected parameters:

  • $filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename)
  • $new_filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename)

Returns: bool

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rename('/var/www/test/','/var/www/test1/');

The call of the method above renames the folder test to test1.

setDefaultDirPerms($dirname)

This method sets default permissions to the given directory

Expected parameters:

  • $pathname: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

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setDefaultDirPerms('/var/www/test/');

The call of the method sets the default permissions to the the given folder.