PHP: File Utilities Methods

Utility methods for file handling.

<?php

/**
 * @Class: CFile.class.php
 * @Author: Abhishek Kumar
**/

class CFile
{
 public function getFileExtension($iFile)
 {
  $iExtension = strrpos($iFile, ".");
  $oExtension = substr($iFile, $iExtension, strlen($iFile));
  $oString = strtolower($oExtension);
  return $oString;
 }

 public function getFileName($iFile)
 {
  $iExtension = strrpos($iFile, ".");
  $oFileName = substr($iFile, 0, $iExtension);
  return $oFileName;
 }

 public function getFileExtensionAlt($str) 
 {
  $i = strrpos($str,".");
  if (!$i) { return ""; }
 
  $l = strlen($str) - $i;
  $ext = substr($str,$i+1,$l);
 
  return $ext;
 }
 
 public function getFileNameAlt($str) 
 {
  $i = strrpos($str,".");
  if (!$i) { return ""; }
 
  $filename = substr($str,0,$i);
 
  return $filename;
 }

 public function CreateFile($iFileName)
 {
  if (!$handle = fopen($iFileName, 'w+'))
  {
   return "Error: Cannot creat file ($iFileName).";
  }
  else
  {
   fclose($handle);
  }
 }

 public function WriteOnFile($iFileName, $iContent)
 {
  // Make sure the file exists and is writable first.
  if (is_writable($iFileName))
  {
    if (!$handle = fopen($iFileName, 'w'))
    {
     $output = "Error: Cannot open file ($iFileName).";
    }
    else
    {
     // Write $iContent to this opened file.
     if (fwrite($handle, $iContent) === false)
     {
      $output = "Error: Cannot write to file ($iFileName).";
     }
     else
     {
      $output = true;     
      fclose($handle);
     }
    }
  }
  else
  {
     $output = "Error: The file ($iFileName) is not writable.";
  }
  
  return $output;
 }  
 
 public function ReadFromFile($iFileName)
 {
  // Make sure the file exists and is readable.
  if (is_readable($iFileName)) 
  {
   if (!$handle = fopen($iFileName, "r"))
   {
      $output = "Error: Cannot open file ($iFileName).";
   }
   else
   {
    $output = fread($handle, filesize($iFileName));
    if ($output === false)
    {
       $output = "Error: Cannot read from file ($iFileName).";
    }
    else
    {
       fclose($handle);
    }
   }
  } 
  else 
  {
   $output = "Error: The file ($iFileName) is not readable.";
  }

  return $output;
 }
 
 public function ReadFromRemoteFile($iFileUrl, $iMethod)
 {
  switch($iMethod)
  {
   case 'OLD':
    $handle = fopen($iFileUrl, "rb");
    $contents = '';
    while (!feof($handle)) 
    {
     $contents .= fread($handle, 8192);
    }
    fclose($handle);
    break;
   default:
    $handle = fopen($iFileUrl, "rb");
    $contents = stream_get_contents($handle);
    fclose($handle);
    break;
  }
 }

 public function AppendInFile($iFileName, $iContent)
 {
  // Make sure the file exists and is writable first.
  if (is_writable($iFileName))
  {
    if (!$handle = fopen($iFileName, 'a'))
    {
     $output = "Error: Cannot open file ($iFileName).";
    }
    else
    {
     // Write $iContent to this opened file.
     if (fwrite($handle, $iContent) === false)
     {
      $output = "Error: Cannot write to file ($iFileName).";
     }
     else
     {
      $output = true;     
      fclose($handle);
     }
    }
  }
  else
  {
     $output = "Error: The file ($iFileName) is not writable.";
  }
  
  return $output;
 }  
}
  
/* EXAMPLE:

$obj = new CFile();
echo $obj->ReadFromFile('config.xml');

*/

?>