Filicious high level object oriented filesystem abstraction for PHP

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This is a high level filesystem abstraction for php, inspired by the Java filesystem API., _(*2)

Why another filesystem abstraction?

We evaluated various filesystem abstraction frameworks, like Gaufrette. But none of the frameworks we found, provides a real filesystem abstraction. Gaufrette for example is more a key => value storage, that uses a filesystem or online storage as source. Some essential functions, like deleting a directory are not available in Gaufrette. Copying files across filesystem adapters is also not possible., _(*3)

The benefit of Filicious is that it is a unique layer that..., _(*4)

can be used every time you work with files (also for temporary files)
can be used across multiple filesystems (also move or copy files between one another)
is a nearly complete replacement for the php file API
does not hide the file structure
provides high and low level functions to the filesystem
works with php iterators
provides a "merged" filesystem, that builds a merged structure from several filesystems
supports streaming
provides configurable public url generation (useful for web apps)

Start with Filicious

use Filicious\Local\LocalAdapter;
use Filicious\Filesystem;

// go into your kitchen
$adapter = new LocalAdapter('/var/lib/kitchen');
$kitchen = new Filesystem($adapter);

// and grab the starter menu
$starterMenuInKitchen = $kitchen->getFile('/starter.menu');

// access the lounge
$adapter = new LocalAdapter('/var/lib/lounge');
$lounge  = new Filesystem($adapter);

// and move the starter menu from the kitchen to the lounge
$starterMenuInLounge = $lounge->getFile('/starter.menu');
$starterMenuInKitchen->moveTo($starterMenuInLounge);

Find out more on filicious.github.io/how-to-use., _(*5)