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Nette Finder: Files Searching
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Class `Nette\Utils\Finder` makes browsing the directory structure really easy.
All examples assume the following class alias is defined:
```php
use Nette\Utils\Finder;
```
Searching for Files
-------------------
How to find all `*.txt` files in `$dir` directory without recursing subdirectories?
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.txt')->in($dir) as $key => $file) {
echo $key; // $key is a string containing absolute filename with path
echo $file; // $file is an instance of SplFileInfo
}
```
As a result, the finder returns instances of `SplFileInfo`.
If the directory does not exist, an `UnexpectedValueException` is thrown.
And what about searching for `*.txt` files in `$dir` including subdirectories? Instead of `in()`, use `from()`:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.txt')->from($dir) as $file) {
echo $file;
}
```
Search by more masks, even inside more directories within one iteration:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.txt', '*.php')
->in($dir1, $dir2) as $file) {
...
}
```
Parameters can also be arrays:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles($masks)->in($dirs) as $file) {
...
}
```
Searching for `*.txt` files containing a number in the name:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*[0-9]*.txt')->from($dir) as $file) {
...
}
```
Searching for `*.txt` files, except those containing '`X`' in the name:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.txt')
->exclude('*X*')->from($dir) as $file) {
...
}
```
`exclude()` is specified just after `findFiles()`, thus it applies to filename.
Directories to omit can be specified using the `exclude` **after** `from` clause:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.php')
->from($dir)->exclude('temp', '.git') as $file) {
...
}
```
Here `exclude()` is after `from()`, thus it applies to the directory name.
And now something a bit more complicated: searching for `*.txt` files located in subdirectories starting with '`te`', but not '`temp`':
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('te*/*.txt')
->exclude('temp*/*')->from($dir) as $file) {
...
}
```
Depth of search can be limited using the `limitDepth()` method.
Searching for directories
----------------
In addition to files, it is possible to search for directories using `Finder::findDirectories('subdir*')`, or to search for files and directories: `Finder::find('file.txt')`.
Filtering
----------
You can also filter results. For example by size. This way we will traverse the files of size between 100B and 200B:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.php')->size('>=', 100)->size('<=', 200)
->from($dir) as $file) {
...
}
```
Or files changed in the last two weeks:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*.php')->date('>', '- 2 weeks')
->from($dir) as $file) {
...
}
```
Here we traverse PHP files with number of lines greater than 1000. As a filter we use a custom callback:
```php
$finder = Finder::findFiles('*.php')->filter(function($file) {
return count(file($file->getPathname())) > 1000;
})->from($dir);
```
Finder, find images larger than 50px × 50px:
```php
foreach (Finder::findFiles('*')
->dimensions('>50', '>50')->from($dir) as $file) {
...
}
```
Connection to Amazon S3
----------------------
It's possible to use custom streams, for example Zend_Service_Amazon_S3:
```php
$s3 = new Zend_Service_Amazon_S3($key, $secret);
$s3->registerStreamWrapper('s3');
foreach (Finder::findFiles('photos*')
->size('<=', 1e6)->in('s3://bucket-name') as $file) {
echo $file;
}
```
Handy, right? You will certainly find a use for Finder in your applications.
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