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PHP : Function Reference : Stream Functions : stream_wrapper_register

stream_wrapper_register

Register a URL wrapper implemented as a PHP class (PHP 4 >= 4.3.2, PHP 5)
bool stream_wrapper_register ( string protocol, string classname )
bool stream_open ( string path, string mode, int options, string opened_path )
void stream_close ( )
string stream_read ( int count )
int stream_write ( string data )
bool stream_eof ( )
int stream_tell ( )
bool stream_seek ( int offset, int whence )
bool stream_flush ( )
array stream_stat ( )
bool unlink ( string path )
bool rename ( string path_from, string path_to )
bool mkdir ( string path, int mode, int options )
bool rmdir ( string path, int options )
bool dir_opendir ( string path, int options )
array url_stat ( string path, int flags )
string dir_readdir ( )
bool dir_rewinddir ( )
bool dir_closedir ( )

Example 2394. A Stream for reading/writing global variables

<?php

class VariableStream {
   var
$position;
   var
$varname;
 
   function
stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path)
   {
       
$url = parse_url($path);
       
$this->varname = $url["host"];
       
$this->position = 0;
       
       return
true;
   }

   function
stream_read($count)
   {
       
$ret = substr($GLOBALS[$this->varname], $this->position, $count);
       
$this->position += strlen($ret);
       return
$ret;
   }

   function
stream_write($data)
   {
       
$left = substr($GLOBALS[$this->varname], 0, $this->position);
       
$right = substr($GLOBALS[$this->varname], $this->position + strlen($data));
       
$GLOBALS[$this->varname] = $left . $data . $right;
       
$this->position += strlen($data);
       return
strlen($data);
   }

   function
stream_tell()
   {
       return
$this->position;
   }

   function
stream_eof()
   {
       return
$this->position >= strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]);
   }

   function
stream_seek($offset, $whence)
   {
       switch (
$whence) {
           case
SEEK_SET:
               if (
$offset < strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]) && $offset >= 0) {
                   
$this->position = $offset;
                    return
true;
               } else {
                    return
false;
               }
               break;
               
           case
SEEK_CUR:
               if (
$offset >= 0) {
                   
$this->position += $offset;
                    return
true;
               } else {
                    return
false;
               }
               break;
               
           case
SEEK_END:
               if (
strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]) + $offset >= 0) {
                   
$this->position = strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]) + $offset;
                    return
true;
               } else {
                    return
false;
               }
               break;
               
           default:
               return
false;
       }
   }
}

stream_wrapper_register("var", "VariableStream")
   or die(
"Failed to register protocol");

$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);

?>

Code Examples / Notes » stream_wrapper_register

simon

using streams to use the ever useful fgetcsv() on a variable where explode() would not work (and would otherwise require regex(though that may be easier;)))
$explode_this="yak, llama, 'big llama', 'wobmat, with a comma in it', bandycoot";

<?php
class csvstream{
  var $position;  
  var $varname;  
  function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path){  
      $url = parse_url($path);  
       $this->varname = $url['host'] ;
      $this->position = 0;  
      return true;
  }
 function stream_read($count){  
      $ret = substr($GLOBALS[$this->varname], $this->position, $count);  
      $this->position += strlen($ret);  
      return $ret;  
  }
 function stream_eof(){  
      return $this->position >= strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]);  
  }  
  function stream_tell(){  
      return $this->position;  
  }  
}
  stream_wrapper_register("csvstr", "csvstream") ;
  $str="yak, llama, 'big llama', 'wobmat, with a comma in it', bandycoot";
  $fp = fopen("csvstr://str", "r+");  
  print_r(fgetcsv($fp,100,",","'"));
?>


anonymouse

Use caution with writing code that may use stream wrappers with fread, as fread behaviour is 'inconsistent' with normal file operations because of the 8192 bytes internal buffer used by PHP ( >= 5.0.5 IIRC ).
ie:
fread($filehandle, filesize($filename))
will not work correctly if the file is larger than 8KB, it will only get you the first 8192 bytes. Also, it seems that:
fread($filehandle, 4096)
will still give you 8KB (if the file is larger than 8KB) as 8192 bytes is always passed to stream_read as count.
This makes it somewhat impossible to just 'drop in' a stream where normally a file would be used without taking special care.
Yes, it IS mentioned in the documentation here if you read it really well, but I for one spent some time scratching my head over it, and looking at the bug tracker, I am not the only one. The dev's say this inconsistancy is a feature though, even if it does make stream wrappers pretty much useless 'out of the box'.
file_get_contents and stream_get_contents seem to work ok though.


fordiman

Updated. I figured there's no need to store the variable name if we're dereferenceing; we can just store the pointer and not have to dereference in each function for brevity.
Also, I added the assertion that the stream is a string, since we're behaving basically like it has to be, and I changed the name to GlobalStream and global://, as that's a more descriptive moniker than VariableName/var://.
<?php
class GlobalStream {
private $pos;
private $stream;
public function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path) {
$url = parse_url($path);
$this->stream = &$GLOBALS[$url["host"]];
$this->pos = 0;
if (!is_string($this->stream)) return false;
return true;
}
public function stream_read($count) {
$p=&$this->pos;
$ret = substr($this->stream, $this->pos, $count);
$this->pos += strlen($ret);
return $ret;
}
public function stream_write($data){
$l=strlen($data);
$this->stream =
substr($this->stream, 0, $this->pos) .
$data .
substr($this->stream, $this->pos += $l);
return $l;
}
public function stream_tell() {
return $this->pos;
}
public function stream_eof() {
return $this->pos >= strlen($this->stream);
}
public function stream_seek($offset, $whence) {
$l=strlen($this->stream);
switch ($whence) {
case SEEK_SET: $newPos = $offset; break;
case SEEK_CUR: $newPos = $this->pos + $offset; break;
case SEEK_END: $newPos = $l + $offset; break;
default: return false;
}
$ret = ($newPos >=0 && $newPos <=$l);
if ($ret) $this->pos=$newPos;
return $ret;
}
}
stream_wrapper_register('global', 'GlobalStream') or die('Failed to register protocol global://');
$myvar = "";
 
$fp = fopen("global://myvar", "r+");
fwrite($fp, "line1\n");
fwrite($fp, "line2\n");
fwrite($fp, "line3\n");
rewind($fp);
while (!feof($fp)) {
   echo fgets($fp);
}
fclose($fp);
var_dump($myvar);
?>


hayley watson

The current URL standard is RFC 3986 - available at www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt

yeiniel

on using dir_opendir on PHP5 make sure you not return a resource object on success. A resource object is diferent from false but php make a cast to bool to dir_opendir return value and modify the value of your resource to 1.
example:
class myclass{
 private $mysqlHandler;
 public function dir_opendir(....)
 {
   $this->mysqlHandler = mysql_connect(....);
   return $this->mysqlHandler; //this is wrong, next
                                         //time you use
                                         //$this->mysqlHandler
                                         // the value is 1
 }
}


jhannus

It is worth noting that if your wrapper supports stream_flush() then when you flcose() your stream this function will be called prior to closing the stream.

phpnet

In response to Anonymouse at Coward dot com:
The manual says "Reading stops when up to length bytes have been read, [...] or (after opening userspace stream) when 8192 bytes have been read whichever comes first."
I tested it and fread($filehandle, 4096) returns 4096 bytes, so it's working as the manual says it should. You're right when you say "8192 bytes is always passed to stream_read as count", but that doesn't mean fread will return 8192 bytes. If you call fread twice with length 4096, PHP calls stream_read passing 8192 as count on the first fread, and doesn't call it on second fread. On both cases, fread returns the correct amount of bytes.
<?php
class VariableStream {
   var $position;
   var $varname;
 
   function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path)
   {
       $url = parse_url($path);
       $this->varname = $url["host"];
       $this->position = 0;
     
       return true;
   }
   function stream_read($count)
   {
       echo "stream_read called asking for $count bytes\n";
       $ret = substr($GLOBALS[$this->varname], $this->position, $count);
       $this->position += strlen($ret);
       return $ret;
   }
   function stream_eof()
   {
       return $this->position >= strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]);
   }
}
stream_wrapper_register("var", "VariableStream")
   or die("Failed to register protocol");
$myvar = "";
$l=range('a','z');
for($i=0;$i<65536;$i++) {
   $myvar .= $l[array_rand($l)];
}
 
$fp = fopen("var://myvar", "r+");
while (!feof($fp)) {
   $out = fread($fp,1000);
   echo "fread returned ",strlen($out)," bytes\n";
}
fclose($fp);
?>


none

In case someone else starts scratching their head like I was, you should change the VariableStream::stream_eof() function to something like this:
  function stream_eof()
  {
  $eof = ($this->position >= strlen($GLOBALS[$this->varname]));
if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION,'5.0','>=') && version_compare(PHP_VERSION,'5.1','<'))
{
$eof = !$eof;
}
return $eof;
  }
PHP 5.0 introduced a bug that wasn't fixed until 5.1


cellog

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!


vmvarela

I have written a new SMB Stream Wrapper for Unix systems using smbclient (SAMBA project).
http://freshmeat.net/smb4php


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