Finder

class Finder implements IteratorAggregate, Countable

Finder allows to build rules to find files and directories.

It is a thin wrapper around several specialized iterator classes.

All rules may be invoked several times.

All methods return the current Finder object to allow easy chaining:

$finder = Finder::create()->files()->name('*.php')->in(DIR);

Constants

IGNORE_VCS_FILES
IGNORE_DOT_FILES

Methods

__construct()

Constructor.

static Finder create()

Creates a new Finder.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] directories()

Restricts the matching to directories only.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] files()

Restricts the matching to files only.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] depth(int $level)

Adds tests for the directory depth.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] date(string $date)

Adds tests for file dates (last modified).

Finder|SplFileInfo[] name(string $pattern)

Adds rules that files must match.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] notName(string $pattern)

Adds rules that files must not match.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] contains(string $pattern)

Adds tests that file contents must match.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] notContains(string $pattern)

Adds tests that file contents must not match.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] path(string $pattern)

Adds rules that filenames must match.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] notPath(string $pattern)

Adds rules that filenames must not match.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] size(string $size)

Adds tests for file sizes.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] exclude(string|array $dirs)

Excludes directories.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] ignoreDotFiles(bool $ignoreDotFiles)

Excludes "hidden" directories and files (starting with a dot).

Finder|SplFileInfo[] ignoreVCS(bool $ignoreVCS)

Forces the finder to ignore version control directories.

static addVCSPattern(string|string[] $pattern)

Adds VCS patterns.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sort(Closure $closure)

Sorts files and directories by an anonymous function.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByName()

Sorts files and directories by name.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByType()

Sorts files and directories by type (directories before files), then by name.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByAccessedTime()

Sorts files and directories by the last accessed time.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByChangedTime()

Sorts files and directories by the last inode changed time.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByModifiedTime()

Sorts files and directories by the last modified time.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] filter(Closure $closure)

Filters the iterator with an anonymous function.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] followLinks()

Forces the following of symlinks.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] ignoreUnreadableDirs(bool $ignore = true)

Tells finder to ignore unreadable directories.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] in(string|array $dirs)

Searches files and directories which match defined rules.

Iterator|SplFileInfo[] getIterator()

Returns an Iterator for the current Finder configuration.

Finder|SplFileInfo[] append(mixed $iterator)

Appends an existing set of files/directories to the finder.

int count()

Counts all the results collected by the iterators.

Details

__construct()

Constructor.

static Finder create()

Creates a new Finder.

Return Value

Finder A new Finder instance

Finder|SplFileInfo[] directories()

Restricts the matching to directories only.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

Finder|SplFileInfo[] files()

Restricts the matching to files only.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

Finder|SplFileInfo[] depth(int $level)

Adds tests for the directory depth.

Usage:

$finder->depth('> 1') // the Finder will start matching at level 1. $finder->depth('< 3') // the Finder will descend at most 3 levels of directories below the starting point.

Parameters

int $level The depth level expression

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

DepthRangeFilterIterator
NumberComparator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] date(string $date)

Adds tests for file dates (last modified).

The date must be something that strtotime() is able to parse:

$finder->date('since yesterday'); $finder->date('until 2 days ago'); $finder->date('> now - 2 hours'); $finder->date('>= 2005-10-15');

Parameters

string $date A date range string

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

strtotime
DateRangeFilterIterator
DateComparator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] name(string $pattern)

Adds rules that files must match.

You can use patterns (delimited with / sign), globs or simple strings.

$finder->name('*.php') $finder->name('/.php$/') // same as above $finder->name('test.php')

Parameters

string $pattern A pattern (a regexp, a glob, or a string)

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] notName(string $pattern)

Adds rules that files must not match.

Parameters

string $pattern A pattern (a regexp, a glob, or a string)

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] contains(string $pattern)

Adds tests that file contents must match.

Strings or PCRE patterns can be used:

$finder->contains('Lorem ipsum') $finder->contains('/Lorem ipsum/i')

Parameters

string $pattern A pattern (string or regexp)

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

FilecontentFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] notContains(string $pattern)

Adds tests that file contents must not match.

Strings or PCRE patterns can be used:

$finder->notContains('Lorem ipsum') $finder->notContains('/Lorem ipsum/i')

Parameters

string $pattern A pattern (string or regexp)

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

FilecontentFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] path(string $pattern)

Adds rules that filenames must match.

You can use patterns (delimited with / sign) or simple strings.

$finder->path('some/special/dir') $finder->path('/some\/special\/dir/') // same as above

Use only / as dirname separator.

Parameters

string $pattern A pattern (a regexp or a string)

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] notPath(string $pattern)

Adds rules that filenames must not match.

You can use patterns (delimited with / sign) or simple strings.

$finder->notPath('some/special/dir') $finder->notPath('/some\/special\/dir/') // same as above

Use only / as dirname separator.

Parameters

string $pattern A pattern (a regexp or a string)

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] size(string $size)

Adds tests for file sizes.

$finder->size('> 10K'); $finder->size('<= 1Ki'); $finder->size(4);

Parameters

string $size A size range string

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SizeRangeFilterIterator
NumberComparator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] exclude(string|array $dirs)

Excludes directories.

Parameters

string|array $dirs A directory path or an array of directories

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] ignoreDotFiles(bool $ignoreDotFiles)

Excludes "hidden" directories and files (starting with a dot).

Parameters

bool $ignoreDotFiles Whether to exclude "hidden" files or not

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] ignoreVCS(bool $ignoreVCS)

Forces the finder to ignore version control directories.

Parameters

bool $ignoreVCS Whether to exclude VCS files or not

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator

static addVCSPattern(string|string[] $pattern)

Adds VCS patterns.

Parameters

string|string[] $pattern VCS patterns to ignore

See also

ignoreVCS()

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sort(Closure $closure)

Sorts files and directories by an anonymous function.

The anonymous function receives two \SplFileInfo instances to compare.

This can be slow as all the matching files and directories must be retrieved for comparison.

Parameters

Closure $closure An anonymous function

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SortableIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByName()

Sorts files and directories by name.

This can be slow as all the matching files and directories must be retrieved for comparison.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SortableIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByType()

Sorts files and directories by type (directories before files), then by name.

This can be slow as all the matching files and directories must be retrieved for comparison.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SortableIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByAccessedTime()

Sorts files and directories by the last accessed time.

This is the time that the file was last accessed, read or written to.

This can be slow as all the matching files and directories must be retrieved for comparison.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SortableIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByChangedTime()

Sorts files and directories by the last inode changed time.

This is the time that the inode information was last modified (permissions, owner, group or other metadata).

On Windows, since inode is not available, changed time is actually the file creation time.

This can be slow as all the matching files and directories must be retrieved for comparison.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SortableIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] sortByModifiedTime()

Sorts files and directories by the last modified time.

This is the last time the actual contents of the file were last modified.

This can be slow as all the matching files and directories must be retrieved for comparison.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

SortableIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] filter(Closure $closure)

Filters the iterator with an anonymous function.

The anonymous function receives a \SplFileInfo and must return false to remove files.

Parameters

Closure $closure An anonymous function

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

See also

CustomFilterIterator

Finder|SplFileInfo[] followLinks()

Forces the following of symlinks.

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

Finder|SplFileInfo[] ignoreUnreadableDirs(bool $ignore = true)

Tells finder to ignore unreadable directories.

By default, scanning unreadable directories content throws an AccessDeniedException.

Parameters

bool $ignore

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

Finder|SplFileInfo[] in(string|array $dirs)

Searches files and directories which match defined rules.

Parameters

string|array $dirs A directory path or an array of directories

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The current Finder instance

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException if one of the directories does not exist

Iterator|SplFileInfo[] getIterator()

Returns an Iterator for the current Finder configuration.

This method implements the IteratorAggregate interface.

Return Value

Iterator|SplFileInfo[] An iterator

Exceptions

LogicException if the in() method has not been called

Finder|SplFileInfo[] append(mixed $iterator)

Appends an existing set of files/directories to the finder.

The set can be another Finder, an Iterator, an IteratorAggregate, or even a plain array.

Parameters

mixed $iterator

Return Value

Finder|SplFileInfo[] The finder

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException When the given argument is not iterable.

int count()

Counts all the results collected by the iterators.

Return Value

int
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