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nowox

Reputation: 29116

Why is it better to use the symfony/filesystem component with PHP?

I would like to understand why I should use symfony/filesystem and depend on a third-party package with: 

$fileSystem->mkdir('/tmp/foo', 0700);

When I can simply do: 

mkdir('/tmp/foo', 0700);

Is there any advantage that compensates the additional complexity I get?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 265

Answers (1)

Arthur Almeida
Arthur Almeida

Reputation: 568

Basically, using the Symfony/Filesystem API, you have a more closely object-oriented approach and I can see, at least, 3 benefits:

1 - It makes easier to handle the directory creation itself. Just send which directory you want to create and mode.

2 - The errors are thrown as exceptions.

3 - It's easier to mock the mkdir behavior when you are unit testing.

Upvotes: 1

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