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hugsbrugs/php-filesystem
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PHP File System Utilities

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php-filesystem
==============

[](#php-filesystem)

This librairy is a set of functions to ease filesystem operations and manipulations

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Install
-------

[](#install)

Install package with composer

```
composer require hugsbrugs/php-filesystem

```

In your PHP code, load librairy

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
use Hug\FileSystem\FileSystem as FileSystem;

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

List files in a directory optionnaly filter by extension (. and .. are removed from response)

```
FileSystem::scandir_h($directory, $file_extension = null);
```

Remove files recursively in a directory

```
FileSystem::rrmdir($dir, $del_dir = TRUE);
```

Recursively copy files and folder to destination and creates directory structure if necessary

```
FileSystem::rcopy($source, $dest, $permissions = 0755);
```

Writes data in a file and creates directories if necessary

```
FileSystem::force_file_put_contents($filename, $data, $flags = 0, $context = null);
```

List files in a directory with options

```
FileSystem::list_dir($dir, $return_type = 'ALL', $return_format = 'FULL');
```

Get file last modification date in desired date format

```
FileSystem::file_last_mod($file_path, $date_format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
```

Get file size

```
FileSystem::file_size($FilePath);
```

Get bunch of informations about file list

```
FileSystem::get_file_list_infos($files);
```

Get a human readable file size

```
FileSystem::human_file_size($size, $unit = '');
```

Converts a file size in bytes in a human readable way

```
FileSystem::get_symbol_by_quantity($bytes);
```

Get a directory size

```
FileSystem::dir_size($directory);
```

Get disk usage

```
FileSystem::get_disk_usage($path);
```

Delete files in a directory older than a given date

```
FileSystem::remove_older_files($directory, $date_interval = 'P8D', $get_results = false, $test_mode = false);
```

Compares two files for eqality

```
FileSystem::are_files_equal($file_a, $file_b);
```

Get unix file permissions

```
FileSystem::unix_file_permissions($path);
```

Author
------

[](#author)

Hugo Maugey [visit my website ;)](https://hugo.maugey.fr)

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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