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anekdotes/file
==============

Provides an easier way to manipulate file for common use like move,rename etc.

2.0.0(4y ago)01.0k12MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

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Anekdotes File
==============

[](#anekdotes-file)

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A library that provides an easy way to manipulate files for common uses such as move, rename etc.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via composer into your project:

```
composer require anekdotes/file

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the class where ever you need it:

```
use Anekdotes\File\File;
```

Note : This requires autoloading namespaces. Using composer to do autoloading helps a lot.

### Methods

[](#methods)

Multiple static methods are available:

#### get

[](#get)

Get the content of a file.

- **$path**: path of the file
- **$default**: closure or string

```
File::get($path, $default = null);
```

#### exists

[](#exists)

Check if file exists.

- **$path**: path of the file

```
File::exists($path)
```

#### Put

[](#put)

Create a new file.

- **$path**: path of the desired file location
- **$contents**: content of the file

```
File::put($path, $contents)
```

#### size

[](#size)

Get the file size in bytes.

- **$path**: path of the file

```
File::size($path)
```

#### delete

[](#delete)

Delete a file.

- **$path**: path of the file

```
File::delete($path)
```

#### move

[](#move)

Move/rename a file.

- **$path**: path of the file to move
- **$target**: target of the file

```
File::move($path, $target)
```

#### copy

[](#copy)

Copy a file.

- **$path**: path of the file to copy
- **$target**: target of the file

```
File::copy($path, $target)
```

#### extension

[](#extension)

Get the file extension.

- **$path**: path of the file

```
File::extension($path)
```php

#### isDirectory

Check if path is a directory.

* **$path**: path of the directory

```php
isDirectory($directory)

```

#### glob

[](#glob)

Returns an array of all files/folder inside a directory

- **$path**: path of the directory

```
File::glob($path)
```

#### directories

[](#directories)

Returns an array of all folders inside a directory

- **$path**: path of the directory

```
File::directories($path)
```

#### files

[](#files)

Returns an array of all files inside a directory

- **$directory**: path of the directory

```
File::files($directory)
```

#### isFile

[](#isfile)

Check if path is a file.

- **$path**: path of the file

```
File::isFile($file)
```

#### makeDirectory

[](#makedirectory)

Create a directory.

- **$path**: desired path
- **$mode**: folder mod

```
File::makeDirectory($path, $mode = 0777)
```

#### deleteDirectory

[](#deletedirectory)

Delete a directory.

- **$directory**: path of directory

```
File::deleteDirectory($directory)
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~415 days

Recently: every ~519 days

Total

6

Last Release

1628d ago

Major Versions

1.0.4 → 2.0.02021-11-24

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c0c01657f2fe3df0d9bcc9c813d95e422a8afad61a298654d595be447dc86c58?d=identicon)[anekdotes](/maintainers/anekdotes)

---

Top Contributors

[![franatieu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4522233?v=4)](https://github.com/franatieu "franatieu (17 commits)")[![Grasseh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2159610?v=4)](https://github.com/Grasseh "Grasseh (2 commits)")

---

Tags

filedirectoryrenamemove

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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