stream_wrapper_register

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

stream_wrapper_register — Register a URL wrapper implemented as a PHP class

Description

stream_wrapper_register(string $protocol, string $class, int $flags = 0): bool

Allows you to implement your own protocol handlers and streams for use with all the other filesystem functions (such as fopen(), fread() etc.).

Parameters

protocol: The wrapper name to be registered. Valid protocol names must contain alphanumerics, dots (.), plusses (+), or hyphens (-) only.
class: The classname which implements the protocol.
flags: Should be set to STREAM_IS_URL if protocol is a URL protocol. Default is 0, local stream.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

stream_wrapper_register() will return false if the protocol already has a handler.

Examples

Example #1 How to register a stream wrapper

<?php
$existed = in_array("var", stream_get_wrappers());
if ($existed) {
    stream_wrapper_unregister("var");
}
stream_wrapper_register("var", "VariableStream");
$myvar = "";

$fp = fopen("var://myvar", "r+");

fwrite($fp, "line1\n");
fwrite($fp, "line2\n");
fwrite($fp, "line3\n");

rewind($fp);
while (!feof($fp)) {
    echo fgets($fp);
}
fclose($fp);
var_dump($myvar);

if ($existed) {
    stream_wrapper_restore("var");
}

?>

The above example will output:

line1
line2
line3
string(18) "line1
line2
line3
"

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cellog at php dot net ¶

19 years ago

If you plan to use your wrapper in a require_once you need to define stream_stat().  If you plan to allow any other tests like is_file()/is_dir(), you have to define url_stat().

stream_stat() must define the size of the file, or it will never be included.  url_stat() must define mode, or is_file()/is_dir()/is_executable(), and any of those functions affected by clearstatcache() simply won't work.

It's not documented, but directories must be a mode like 040777 (octal), and files a mode like 0100666.  If you wish the file to be executable, use 7s instead of 6s.  The last 3 digits are exactly the same thing as what you pass to chmod.  040000 defines a directory, and 0100000 defines a file.  It would be really helpful to add this to the official manual!