Finder

__construct()

static Finder create()

Creates a new Finder.

Return Value

Finder

$this directories()

Restricts the matching to directories only.

Return Value

$this

$this files()

Restricts the matching to files only.

Return Value

$this

$this depth(string|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

string|int

$level

The depth level expression

Return Value

$this

See also

DepthRangeFilterIterator
NumberComparator

$this 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

$this

See also

strtotime
DateRangeFilterIterator
DateComparator

$this 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

$this

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

$this notName(string $pattern)

Adds rules that files must not match.

Parameters

string

$pattern

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

Return Value

$this

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

FilecontentFilterIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

FilecontentFilterIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

FilenameFilterIterator

$this size(string|int $size)

Adds tests for file sizes.

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

Parameters

string|int

$size

A size range string or an integer

Return Value

$this

See also

SizeRangeFilterIterator
NumberComparator

$this exclude(string|array $dirs)

Excludes directories.

Parameters

string|array

$dirs

A directory path or an array of directories

Return Value

$this

See also

ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator

$this ignoreDotFiles(bool $ignoreDotFiles)

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

Parameters

bool

$ignoreDotFiles

Whether to exclude "hidden" files or not

Return Value

$this

See also

ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator

$this ignoreVCS(bool $ignoreVCS)

Forces the finder to ignore version control directories.

Parameters

bool

$ignoreVCS

Whether to exclude VCS files or not

Return Value

$this

See also

ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator

static addVCSPattern(string|string[] $pattern)

Adds VCS patterns.

Parameters

string|string[]

$pattern

VCS patterns to ignore

See also

ignoreVCS()

$this 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

Return Value

$this

See also

SortableIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

SortableIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

SortableIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

SortableIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

SortableIterator

$this 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

$this

See also

SortableIterator

$this 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

Return Value

$this

See also

CustomFilterIterator

$this followLinks()

Forces the following of symlinks.

Return Value

$this

$this ignoreUnreadableDirs(bool $ignore = true)

Tells finder to ignore unreadable directories.

By default, scanning unreadable directories content throws an AccessDeniedException.

Parameters

bool

$ignore

Return Value

$this

$this 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

$this

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

$this 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

$this

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

when the given argument is not iterable

bool hasResults()

Check if the any results were found.

Return Value

bool

int count()

Counts all the results collected by the iterators.

Return Value

int