PHP Filesystem Functions Complete Reference

The Filesystem function is used to access and manipulate filesystem. It is the part of PHP code so no need to install these functions. For accessing the files on the system, the file path will be used. On Unix system, forward slash (/) is used as a directory separator and on Windows platform, both forward slash (/) and backward slash (\) will be used.

Syntax:

file_type function()

Example: In the below program the file named singleline.txt contains a single line of information which is “This file consists of a single line.”.

<?php

// The file is opened using fopen() function
$check = fopen("singleline.txt", "r");
$seq = fgets($check);

// Writing buffered output to a file
// until the end-of-file is reached
while(! feof($check))
    fflush($check);

// The file is closed using fclose() function
fclose($check);

?>

Output:

This file consists of a single line.

Complete List of PHP Filesystem Functions: