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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir ======================== implementation of xdg base directory specification for php v0.1.1(6y ago)6.3k239.4M—3.7%11[3 issues](https://github.com/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir/pulls)14MITPHPPHP >=5.3.2CI failing Since Oct 24Pushed 5y ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir)[ RSS](/packages/dnoegel-php-xdg-base-dir/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (3)Used By (14) XDG Base Directory ================== [](#xdg-base-directory) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/df6a8e8d5f1bf826847841d4b3c931e5f614f2c47b183389909407b190592f88/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f646e6f6567656c2f7068702d7864672d626173652d6469722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/640416147cf22f681b1d0e88b16e268b2ac448023e0f8a83cc70ec88128b9f52/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f646e6f6567656c2f7068702d7864672d626173652d6469722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE.md)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/af0b58bb0485efc8c47cd8a3fc54ca09203920900cdb682469567b7d21b523b2/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f646e6f6567656c2f7068702d7864672d626173652d6469722f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir) Implementation of XDG Base Directory specification for php Install ------- [](#install) Via Composer ``` $ composer require dnoegel/php-xdg-base-dir ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` $xdg = new \XdgBaseDir\Xdg(); echo $xdg->getHomeDir(); echo $xdg->getHomeConfigDir(); echo $xdg->getHomeDataDir(); echo $xdg->getHomeCacheDir(); echo $xdg->getRuntimeDir(); print_r($xdg->getDataDirs()); // returns array print_r($xdg->getConfigDirs()); // returns array ``` Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` $ phpunit ``` License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). 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