The cDirHandler class encapsules functionalities for dealing with directories.

Methods:

All provided functionalities are in a public static context.

Method name	Description	Example
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 $mode: permission you want to set in octal mode Returns: bool	chmod('/var/www/test/',777); The call of the method above grants read, write and execute rights.
create($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: $recursive Returns: bool	create('/var/www/test/'); The call of the method above create the new folder test.
fileNameIsDot($fileName)	This method checks if the given filename is '.' or '..'. Expected parameters: $fileName: the full path name of a file (including the filename) Returns: bool In my opinion this method should be transfered to the cFileHandler class, highly recommended!	fileNameIsDot('.'); The call of the method above returns true.
isDirectoryEmpty($dir)	This method returns checks if the given directory is empty. Expected parameters: $dir: the full path name of a directory Returns: bool	isDirectoryEmpty('/var/www/test'); The call of the method above returns true if the given directory exists, otherwise false.
move($dirname, $destination)	This method can be used to move a folder to another location. Expected parameters: $dirname: the full path name of a directory destination: the full path of the new location Returns: bool	move('/var/www/test/','/var/www/test1/'); The call of the method above grants moves the folder test to folder test1.
read($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) $dirOnly(bool: list only directories) Returns: bool	read('/var/www/test/'); The call of the method above lists the content of the folder test.
recursiveCopy($filename, $destination)
recursiveRmdir($dirname)	This method deletes the given folder recursively, that means including all of its subfolders and files. Expected parameters: $dirname: the full directory path Returns: bool	recursiveRmdir('/var/www/test/'); The call of the method above deletes the folder test recursively.
remove($dirname)	This method removes the given directory from the filesystem. Expected parameters: $filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename) Returns: bool	remove('/var/www/test/'); The call of the method above deletes the folder test.
rename($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) $new_filename: the full path name of a file (including the filename) Returns: bool	rename('/var/www/test/','/var/www/test1/'); The call of the method above renames the folder test to test1.
setDefaultDirPerms($dirname)	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.