loilo / find-up
Find a file by walking up ancestor directories
Requires
- php: >= 7.1
- loilo/node-path: ^1.0
- loilo/traceback: ^1.0
Requires (Dev)
- phpunit/phpunit: ^7.5
- squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.4
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2024-12-24 08:20:26 UTC
README
FindUp
Find a file by walking up ancestor directories (e.g. a composer.json
from inside a project).
Installation
composer require loilo/find-up
Usage
Basic Example
/var/www
└── project
├── composer.json
└── src
└── foo
├── bar
└── example.php
example.php
:
use Loilo\FindUp\Up; // Get the project's composer.json's path by // walking up from /var/www/project/src/foo Up::find('composer.json') === '/var/www/project/composer.json';
This is the most basic example how to use this package. The finder will look for a composer.json
file, starting at the directory where Up::find()
was called (which is /var/www/project/src/foo
).
Note: If there was no
composer.json
on the way up, thefind
method would returnnull
.
Starting Directory
As can be seen in the basic example above, the default starting directory is the one from where Up::find()
is called. Alternatively, a starting directory can be passed to the find
method as a second argument:
// Start from the current working directory Up::find('composer.json', getcwd());
Advanced Matching
Instead of a file name to search for, a (non-string) callable may be passed as the find
method's first argument. It will receive each encountered file on the way up and decides whether it is the searched file.
Assuming we're starting in the example.php
from the basic example directory tree above, we can find the path to the composer.json
with the following call:
Up::find(function ($file, $directory) { return $file === 'composer.json'; });
Stop Searching Prematurely
You can stop the search before reaching the filesystem root by returning an Up::stop()
call. For example, if you know that your composer.json
is not found upwards from the /var/www
folder, you can break out of the search:
Up::find(function ($file, $directory) { if ($directory === '/var/www') { return Up::stop(); } return $file === 'composer.json'; });
When returning Up::stop()
, the Up::find()
method will return null
by default.
You may however pass a path to the stop()
method that will be used as the result. If the path is not absolute, it will be resolved against the current $directory
:
Up::find(function ($file, $directory) { if ($directory === '/var/www') { return Up::stop('stop.txt'); } return false; }) === '/var/www/stop.txt';
Note: In previous versions, the way to stop searching was to return the
Up::STOP
constant.This technique still works, but it's deprecated and it's recommended to use
Up::stop()
instead.
Skip Folder
If you are in a directory of which you're sure it does not contain the searched file, you may avoid walking through all its files by returning Up::skip()
:
Up::find(function ($file, $directory) { // Skip "src" directories if (basename($directory) === 'src') { return Up::skip(); } return $file === 'composer.json'; });
By default, the Up::skip()
method will only skip the currently scanned directory. You may however pass a (positive) number that indicates how many levels of directories should be skipped.
... // skip the current directory and its parent directory, // continue with grandparent directory return Up::skip(2)
Note: In previous versions, the way to skip scanning a folder was to return the
Up::SKIP
constant.This technique still works, but it's deprecated and it's recommended to use
Up::skip()
instead.
Jump to Other Folder
If you want to stop searching the current directory tree altogether and continue from another path, you can return an Up::jump()
call:
Up::find(function ($file, $directory) { if ($directory === '/var/www/project') { return Up::jump('/var/www/other-project'); } return $file === 'composer.json'; });
Note: You can only jump to a directory you have not previously visited in the current search. This serves to avoid infinite loops.