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JFile

Methods

Visibility	Method name	Description
public static	copy	Copies a file.
public static	delete	Delete a file or array of files.
public static	exists	Wrapper for the standard file_exists function.
public static	getExt	Gets the extension of a file name.
public static	getName	Returns the name, without any path.
public static	makeSafe	Makes file name safe to use.
public static	move	Moves a file.
public static	read	Read the contents of a file.
public static	stripExt	Strips the last extension off a file name.
public static	upload	Moves an uploaded file to a destination folder.
public static	write	Write contents to a file.

• Defined in libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.file' );

See also

• JFile source code on BitBucket
• Subpackage Filesystem
• Other versions of JFile
• How to use the filesystem package