Filelib

Filelib is a file library for PHP. See the wiki for more documentation.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3.x
• A database for storing metadata like MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite or MongoDB

Quickstart

Using Doctrine ORM

Filelib must have a place to store both files and file metadata.

1. Use a database schema from /docs/ to initialize your database tables.

For MySQL

mysql -uroot -p filelib_example < schema-mysql.sql

2. Configure Filelib with directory paths for private and public and make them writable by the web server.

<?php

use Xi\Filelib\FileLibrary;
use Xi\Filelib\Storage\FilesystemStorage;
use Xi\Filelib\Backend\Platform\DoctrineOrmPlatform;
use Xi\Filelib\Publisher\Filesystem\SymlinkFilesystemPublisher;

/**
 * @var $entityManager Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager
 */

$filelib = new FileLibrary(
    new FilesystemStorage('/path/to/my/application/data/private'),
    new DoctrineOrmPlatform($entityManager),
    new SymlinkFilesystemPublisher('/path/to/my/application/web/files', '/files')
);

$file = $filelib->upload('/path/to/some/file.jpg');

For integration, see:

• https://github.com/pekkis/xi-zend-filelib
• https://github.com/xi-project/xi-bundle-filelib

Usage

Explaining the mandatory subsystems:

Virtual filesystem with folders and files.

• ACL handles ACL
• Backend / Platform handles metadata storage
• Publisher publishes
• Storage stores physical files