file://

    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

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