Writing

Determine if Writable

The isWritable() determines if a stream is writable or not.

$a = FileStream::open('people.txt', 'r+b');
$b = FileStream::open('contacts.txt', 'rb');

echo $a->isWritable(); // true
echo $b->isWritable(); // false

Write

Use the write() method to write data to the stream.

The method returns amount of bytes written to the stream.

$stream = FileStream::openTemporary();
$bytes = $stream->write('abc');

echo $bytes; // 3

Behind the scene, PHP's fwrite() is used for writing data to the stream.

Write Formatted

If you want to write data using a specific format, then you can use the writeFormatted() method.

The method accepts a $format argument, as specified by PHP's fprintf(), and an arbitrary amount of values.

Similar to write(), this method also returns the amount of bytes written to the stream.

$stream = FileStream::openTemporary();

$greetings = 'Hi there';
$name = 'John';

$bytes = $stream->writeFormatted('%s <<%s>>', $greetings, $name);

echo $bytes; // 16
echo (string) $stream; // Hi there <<John>>

Put

Alternatively, you can use the put() method to write data to a stream. This method is a "fluent" version of write().

$stream = FileStream::openTemporary()
    ->put('a')
    ->put('b')
    ->put('c');

echo (string) $stream; // abc

Put Formatted

putFormatted() is a "fluent" version of the writeFormatted() method.

$stream = FileStream::openTemporary();

$a = 'Hi there';
$b = 'John';
$c = 'Smith'

$stream
    ->putFormatted('%s ', $a)
    ->putFormatted('<<%s ', $b)
    ->putFormatted('%s>>', $c);

echo (string) $stream; // Hi there <<John Smith>>

Append

The append() method is able to add data, at the end of the stream, if the stream is seekable. If the stream is not seekable, then a StreamNotSeekable exception will be thrown.

The method accepts four arguments:

• $data: Data to be appended.
• int|null $length: (optional) Maximum bytes to append. By default, all bytes left in $data are appended.
• int $offset: (optional) The offset where to start to copy data (offset on $data).
• int|null $maximumMemory: (optional) Maximum amount of bytes, before writing to a temporary file. (Defaults to 2 MB if not specified).

The $maximumMemory argument is relevant when $data is a pure string, or numeric. If that is the case, then the append() method will wrap the $data into a "temporary" stream internally, before reading from it.

$stream = FileStream::open('people.txt', 'r+b')
    ->append("\nJohn");

Behind the scene, PHP's stream_copy_to_stream() is used to append.

Append Resource

To append data from a resource, pass in the resource as the $data argument.

$resource = fopen('contacts.txt', 'r');

$stream = FileStream::open('people.txt', 'r+b')
    ->append($resource);

Append Stream

You may also append directly from another stream.

$from = FileStream::open('contacts.txt', 'r');

$stream = FileStream::open('people.txt', 'r+b')
    ->append($from);

$stream = FileStream::open('people.txt', 'r+b')
    ->append($psrStream);

// Attempt using "psr stream" after it was appended...
$psrStream->rewind(); // Invalid - Exception is thrown

Copy

In situations when you wish to copy the stream, then you can use the copy() method.

This method will create a new "temporary" stream via openTemporary().

It accepts optional $length and $offset as arguments.

$stream = FileStream::open('my-file.txt', 'r+b')
    ->put('abc')
    ->positionToStart();

$copyA = $stream->copy();
$copyB = $stream
    ->positionToStart()
    ->copy(1, 1);

echo $copyA; // abc
echo $copyB; // b

Behind the scene, PHP's stream_copy_to_stream() is used for the copy operation.

Copy To Target

If you wish to copy a stream into a specific target stream, then use the copyTo() method.

It accepts a $target stream, $length and $offset as optional arguments.

$stream = FileStream::open('my-file.txt', 'r+b')
    ->put('abc')
    ->positionToStart();

$target = FileStream::open('target.txt', 'r+b');
$copy = $stream->copyTo($target, 1, 1);

echo ($copy === $target); // true
echo (string) $copy; // b

Copy From

Available since v7.4.x

Alternatively, you may also copy data from an existing resource or stream.

$target = FileStream::openMemory()
    ->copyFrom($existing);

Similar to the copyTo() method, this method accepts a $source stream, a $length and an $offset argument.

The $source argument accepts the following types:

• resource
• \Aedart\Contracts\Streams\Stream
• \Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface

$psrStream->rewind();
$target = FileStream::openMemory()
    ->copyFrom($psrStream);

$psrStream->rewind(); // valid - underlying resource is still attached