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pointybeard/helpers-functions-files
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A collection of helpful functions related to creating and modifying files and directories

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PHP Helpers: File Functions
===========================

[](#php-helpers-file-functions)

- Version: v1.0.0
- Date: April 07 2020
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-functions-files/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-functions-files)

A collection of helpful functions related to creating and modifying files and directories

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

[](#installation)

This library is installed via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/). To install, use `composer require pointybeard/helpers-functions-files` or add `"pointybeard/helpers-functions-files": "~1.0"` to your `composer.json` file.

And run composer to update your dependencies:

```
$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar update

```

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

This library makes use of the [pointybeard/helpers-exceptions-readabletrace](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-exceptions-readabletrace), [pointybeard/helpers-functions-flags](https://github.com/pointybeard/pointybeard/helpers-functions-flags), and [pointybeard/helpers-functions-cli](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-functions-cli) packages. They are installed automatically via composer.

To include all the [PHP Helpers](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers) packages on your project, use `composer require pointybeard/helpers` or add `"pointybeard/helpers": "~1.2"` to your composer file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This library is a collection of helpful functions related to creating and modifying files and directories. They are included by the vendor autoloader automatically. The functions have a namespace of `pointybeard\Helpers\Functions\Files`

The following functions are provided:

- `realise_directory(string $path, int $flags = null): void`
- `create_symbolic_link(string $target, ?string $destination, int $flags = null): void`

Example usage:

```