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Joomla! Stream Interface

The Joomla! stream interface is designed to handle files as streams where as the legacy JFile static class treated files in a rather atomic manner.

This class adheres to the stream wrapper operations:

link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-get-wrappers.php

PHP Stream Manual

Stream Wrappers

Stream Filters

Socket Transports (used by some options, particularly HTTP proxy)
since

1.0

Methods

__construct

Constructor

__construct(string $writeprefix = '', string $readprefix = '', array $context = array())
since

1.0

Arguments

$writeprefix

stringPrefix of the stream (optional). Unlike the JPATH_*, this has a final path separator!

$readprefix

stringThe read prefix (optional).

$context

arrayThe context options (optional).

__destruct

Destructor

__destruct()
since

1.0

_buildContext

Stream contexts Builds the context from the array

_buildContext() : void
since

1.0

_getFilename

Determine the appropriate 'filename' of a file

_getFilename(string $filename, string $mode, boolean $usePrefix, boolean $relative) : string
since

1.0

Arguments

$filename

stringOriginal filename of the file

$mode

stringMode string to retrieve the filename

$usePrefix

booleanControls the use of a prefix

$relative

booleanDetermines if the filename given is relative. Relative paths do not have JPATH_ROOT stripped.

Response

string

addContextEntry

Adds a particular options to the context

addContextEntry(string $wrapper, string $name, string $value) : void
link

Stream Context Creation

Context Options for various streams
since

1.0

Arguments

$wrapper

stringThe wrapper to use

$name

stringThe option to set

$value

stringThe value of the option

appendFilter

Stream filters Append a filter to the chain

appendFilter(string $filtername, integer $readWrite = STREAM_FILTER_READ, array $params = array()) : resource|boolean
link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-filter-append.php
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$filtername

stringThe key name of the filter.

$readWrite

integerOptional. Defaults to STREAM_FILTER_READ.

$params

arrayAn array of params for the stream_filter_append call.

Response

resource|boolean

applyContextToStream

Applies the current context to the stream

applyContextToStream() : boolean

Use this to change the values of the context after you've opened a stream

since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Response

boolean

chmod

Chmod wrapper

chmod(string $filename = '', mixed $mode) : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$filename

stringFile name.

$mode

mixedMode to use.

Response

boolean

close

Attempt to close a file handle

close() : boolean

Will return false if it failed and true on success If the file is not open the system will return true, this function destroys the file handle as well

since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Response

boolean

copy

Copy a file from src to dest

copy(string $src, string $dest, resource $context = null, boolean $usePrefix = true, boolean $relative = false) : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$src

stringThe file path to copy from.

$dest

stringThe file path to copy to.

$context

resourceA valid context resource (optional) created with stream_context_create.

$usePrefix

booleanControls the use of a prefix (optional).

$relative

booleanDetermines if the filename given is relative. Relative paths do not have JPATH_ROOT stripped.

Response

boolean

delete

Delete a file

delete(string $filename, resource $context = null, boolean $usePrefix = true, boolean $relative = false) : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$filename

stringThe file path to delete.

$context

resourceA valid context resource (optional) created with stream_context_create.

$usePrefix

booleanControls the use of a prefix (optional).

$relative

booleanDetermines if the filename given is relative. Relative paths do not have JPATH_ROOT stripped.

Response

boolean

deleteContextEntry

Deletes a particular setting from a context

deleteContextEntry(string $wrapper, string $name) : void
link

https://www.php.net/stream_context_create
since

1.0

Arguments

$wrapper

stringThe wrapper to use

$name

stringThe option to unset

eof

Work out if we're at the end of the file for a stream

eof() : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Response

boolean

filesize

Retrieve the file size of the path

filesize() : integer|boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Response

integer|boolean

get

Returns a property of the object or the default value if the property is not set.

get(string $property, mixed $default = null) : mixed
since

1.0

Arguments

$property

stringThe name of the property.

$default

mixedThe default value.

Response

mixedThe value of the property.

get_meta_data

Get the stream metadata

get_meta_data() : array
link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-get-meta-data.php
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Response

arrayheader/metadata

getFileHandle

Return the internal file handle

getFileHandle() : \Joomla\Filesystem\File
since

1.0

Response

\Joomla\Filesystem\Filehandler

gets

Get a line from the stream source.

gets(integer $length) : string
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$length

integerThe number of bytes (optional) to read.

Response

string

getStream

Creates a new stream object with appropriate prefix

getStream(boolean $usePrefix = true, string $ua = null, boolean $uamask = false) : \Joomla\Filesystem\Stream
static
see \Joomla\Filesystem\Stream
since

1.0

Arguments

$usePrefix

booleanPrefix the connections for writing

$ua

stringUA User agent to use

$uamask

booleanUser agent masking (prefix Mozilla)

Response

\Joomla\Filesystem\Stream

move

Moves a file

move(string $src, string $dest, resource $context = null, boolean $usePrefix = true, boolean $relative = false) : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$src

stringThe file path to move from.

$dest

stringThe file path to move to.

$context

resourceA valid context resource (optional) created with stream_context_create.

$usePrefix

booleanControls the use of a prefix (optional).

$relative

booleanDetermines if the filename given is relative. Relative paths do not have JPATH_ROOT stripped.

Response

boolean

open

Generic File Operations

open(string $filename, string $mode = 'r', boolean $useIncludePath = false, resource $context = null, boolean $usePrefix = false, boolean $relative = false, boolean $detectprocessingmode = false) : boolean

Open a stream with some lazy loading smarts

since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$filename

stringFilename

$mode

stringMode string to use

$useIncludePath

booleanUse the PHP include path

$context

resourceContext to use when opening

$usePrefix

booleanUse a prefix to open the file

$relative

booleanFilename is a relative path (if false, strips JPATH_ROOT to make it relative)

$detectprocessingmode

booleanDetect the processing method for the file and use the appropriate function to handle output automatically

Response

boolean

prependFilter

Prepend a filter to the chain

prependFilter(string $filtername, integer $readWrite = STREAM_FILTER_READ, array $params = array()) : resource|boolean
link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-filter-prepend.php
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$filtername

stringThe key name of the filter.

$readWrite

integerOptional. Defaults to STREAM_FILTER_READ.

$params

arrayAn array of params for the stream_filter_prepend call.

Response

resource|boolean

read

Read a file

read(integer $length) : string

Handles user space streams appropriately otherwise any read will return 8192

link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$length

integerLength of data to read

Response

string

removeFilter

Remove a filter, either by resource (handed out from the append or prepend function) or via getting the filter list)

removeFilter(resource &$resource, boolean $byindex = false) : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$resource

resourceThe resource.

$byindex

booleanThe index of the filter.

Response

booleanResult of operation

seek

Seek the file

seek(integer $offset, integer $whence = SEEK_SET) : boolean

Note: the return value is different to that of fseek

link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fseek.php
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$offset

integerOffset to use when seeking.

$whence

integerSeek mode to use.

Response

booleanTrue on success, false on failure

set

Modifies a property of the object, creating it if it does not already exist.

set(string $property, mixed $value = null) : mixed
since

1.0

Arguments

$property

stringThe name of the property.

$value

mixedThe value of the property to set.

Response

mixedPrevious value of the property.

setContextOptions

Updates the context to the array

setContextOptions(array $context) : void

Format is the same as the options for stream_context_create

link

https://www.php.net/stream_context_create
since

1.0

Arguments

$context

arrayOptions to create the context with

tell

Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer.

tell() : integer
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Response

integer

upload

Upload a file

upload(string $src, string $dest, resource $context = null, boolean $usePrefix = true, boolean $relative = false) : boolean
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$src

stringThe file path to copy from (usually a temp folder).

$dest

stringThe file path to copy to.

$context

resourceA valid context resource (optional) created with stream_context_create.

$usePrefix

booleanControls the use of a prefix (optional).

$relative

booleanDetermines if the filename given is relative. Relative paths do not have JPATH_ROOT stripped.

Response

boolean

write

File write

write(string &$string, integer $length, integer $chunk) : boolean

Whilst this function accepts a reference, the underlying fwrite will do a copy! This will roughly double the memory allocation for any write you do. Specifying chunked will get around this by only writing in specific chunk sizes. This defaults to 8192 which is a sane number to use most of the time (change the default with Stream::set('chunksize', newsize);) Note: This doesn't support gzip/bzip2 writing like reading does

link

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php
since

1.0
throws

\Joomla\Filesystem\Exception\FilesystemException

Arguments

$string

stringReference to the string to write.

$length

integerLength of the string to write.

$chunk

integerSize of chunks to write in.

Response

boolean

writeFile

Writes a chunk of data to a file.

writeFile(string $filename, string &$buffer, boolean $appendToFile = false) : boolean
since

1.0

Arguments

$filename

stringThe file name.

$buffer

stringThe data to write to the file.

$appendToFile

booleanAppend to the file and not overwrite it.

Response

boolean

Properties

filemode

File Mode

since

1.0

Type(s)

integer

dirmode

Directory Mode

since

1.0

Type(s)

integer

chunksize

Default Chunk Size

since

1.0

Type(s)

integer

filename

Filename

since

1.0

Type(s)

string

writeprefix

Prefix of the connection for writing

since

1.0

Type(s)

string

readprefix

Prefix of the connection for reading

since

1.0

Type(s)

string

processingmethod

Read Processing method

since

1.0

Type(s)

string

filters

Filters applied to the current stream

since

1.0

Type(s)

array

fh

File Handle

since

1.0

Type(s)

resource

filesize

File size

since

1.0

Type(s)

integer

context

Context to use when opening the connection

since

1.0

Type(s)

string

contextOptions

Context options; used to rebuild the context

since

1.0

Type(s)

array

openmode

The mode under which the file was opened

since

1.0

Type(s)

string
  • \ Joomla
  • \ Filesystem
  • \ Stream