file://
Accessing local filesystem
Description
file:// is the default wrapper used with PHP and
represents the local filesystem.
When a relative path is specified (a path which does not begin with
/, \, \\, or a
Windows drive letter) the path provided will be applied against the current
working directory. In many cases this is the directory in which the script
resides unless it has been changed. Using the CLI
SAPI, this defaults to the directory from which the
script was called.
With some functions, such as fopen and
file_get_contents, include_path
may be optionally searched for relative paths as well.
Usage
- /path/to/file.ext
- relative/path/to/file.ext
- fileInCwd.ext
- C:/path/to/winfile.ext
- C:\path\to\winfile.ext
- \\smbserver\share\path\to\winfile.ext
- file:///path/to/file.ext
Options
Wrapper Summary
| Attribute |
Supported |
| Restricted by allow_url_fopen |
No |
| Allows Reading |
Yes |
| Allows Writing |
Yes |
| Allows Appending |
Yes |
| Allows Simultaneous Reading and Writing |
Yes |
| Supports stat |
Yes |
| Supports unlink |
Yes |
| Supports rename |
Yes |
| Supports mkdir |
Yes |
| Supports rmdir |
Yes |