You may have noticed that there exists a File class in the core (cake/libs/file.php). But how can you use it? Let me give you a simple example. It creates a file “test.txt” if it doesn’t exist, and appends the string “hello”.
// app/controllers/test_controller.php
class TestController extends AppController {
public $uses = array();
public function index() {
$file = new File(TMP.'test.txt', true);
$file->append('hello');
exit;
}
}
In a similar way you can use the other classes available in the cake/libs folder in your application.
Update 2010-01-04: Removed unnecessary call of uses().
Very useful, thanks!
Yep, pretty useful. Simple but not discovered yet :)
I am glad it is useful for you :)
Very helpful in keeping the code CakePHP. Also, the Folder create and search functionality is a lot more wow than the File. But both are mighty helpful to have.
Thanks so much for documenting this. Cake’s documentation is a little sparse on core class featurs like this, which are really handy for, eg. writing temporary files.
@MJ: Cool to hear it is useful for you, thanks :)
I’m having trouble finding the syntax for deleting an existing file with CakePHP. I would usually use an unlink but I don’t see any documentation for assigning the path value to the File class.
How do I tell CakePHP to delete a file at $myLocation = “/img/thumbs/” . xxx ?
Any help would be great. The API is not very helpful since there are no examples or even syntax guides.
@Selino: Deleting a file with the File class is relatively straightforward:
Hope this helps!
Ah! Thanks. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to path the path as a property of the delete command. I appreciate the help.
@Selino: You are welcome. To figure out how to use things in CakePHP it is often a good idea to have a look at the tests.