How to Work with Files/Folders in PHP

PHP, being a server-side language, offers convenient access to the filesystem. In this blog post, we will explore some basic operations on files and folders using PHP. Checking if a File Exists To check if a file exists, we can use the file_exists() function like this: file_exists('test.txt'); // true Getting the Size of a File To get the size of a file, we can use the filesize() function: filesize('test.txt'); Opening a File To open a file, we can use the fopen() function....

Linux Commands: Find

In this blog post, we will explore the powerful find command in Linux, which is commonly used to search for files and folders on the filesystem. The find command allows you to search for files or folders based on specific criteria and can perform recursive searches. Let’s dive into some examples to understand how to use the find command effectively. To find all files with the .js extension under the current directory and print their relative paths, you can use the following command:...

The UNIX Filesystem Commands

A concise guide to understanding and utilizing the UNIX filesystem commands in an efficient manner. Introduction This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the UNIX filesystem commands, with a focus on macOS and GNU/Linux systems. Both of these systems are classified as UNIX, and they share many similarities in terms of their filesystem utilities. Although Windows has a different filesystem structure, users can still access and use similar utilities by installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10....