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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

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

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

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

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

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

Checks if a directory exists.

Expected parameters:

• $dirname: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

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

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

This method returns checks if the given directory is empty.

Expected parameters:

• $dir: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

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

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

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

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

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

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)
• $fileOnly(bool: list only files)

Returns: bool array (string) or boolean (false)

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

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

$sPath = $cfgClient[$client]["path"]["frontend"] . $cfgClient[$client]["upl"]["frontendpath"] . "CMS_VALUE[4]";
$aFiles = cDirHandler::read($sPath, false, false, true);

The example above returns an array containing only the files of the folder inside $sPath.

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

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

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

This method removes the given directory from the filesystem.

Expected parameters:

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

Returns: bool

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

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

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

This method sets default permissions to the given directory

Expected parameters:

• $pathname: the full path name of a directory

Returns: bool

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

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