Description
bool 
stream_wrapper_register ( string protocol, string classname )
     stream_wrapper_register() allows you to implement
     your own protocol handlers and streams for use with all the other
     filesystem functions (such as fopen(),
     fread() etc.).
    
     To implement a wrapper, you need to define a class with a number of
     member functions, as defined below. When someone fopens your stream,
     PHP will create an instance of classname and
     then call methods on that instance.  You must implement the methods
     exactly as described below - doing otherwise will lead to undefined
     behaviour.
    
Note: 
      As of PHP 5.0.0 the instance of 
      classname will be populated with a
      context property referencing a 
      Context Resource which may be accessed
      with stream_context_get_options().
      If no context was passed to the stream creation function,
      context will be set to NULL.
     
     stream_wrapper_register() will return FALSE if the
     protocol already has a handler.
    
bool 
stream_open ( string path, string mode, int options, string opened_path )
     This method is called immediately after your stream object is
     created.  path specifies the URL that was
     passed to fopen() and that this object is
     expected to retrieve.  You can use parse_url()
     to break it apart.
    
     mode is the mode used to open the file,
     as detailed for fopen().  You are responsible
     for checking that mode is valid for the
     path requested.
    
     options holds additional flags set
     by the streams API. It can hold one or more of the following
     values OR'd together.
     
    
     If the path is opened successfully,
     and STREAM_USE_PATH is set in options,
     you should set opened_path to the full
     path of the file/resource that was actually opened.
    
     If the requested resource was opened successfully, you should
     return TRUE, otherwise you should return FALSE
    
void 
stream_close ( void  )
     This method is called when the stream is closed, using
     fclose().  You must release any resources
     that were locked or allocated by the stream.
    
string 
stream_read ( int count )
     This method is called in response to fread()
     and fgets() calls on the stream.  You
     must return up-to count bytes of data
     from the current read/write position as a string.
     If there are less than count
     bytes available, return as many as are available.  If no
     more data is available, return either FALSE or an
     empty string.
     You must also update the read/write position of the stream
     by the number of bytes that were successfully read.
    
int 
stream_write ( string data )
     This method is called in response to fwrite()
     calls on the stream.  You should store data
     into the underlying storage used by your stream.  If there is not
     enough room, try to store as many bytes as possible.
     You should return the number of bytes that were successfully
     stored in the stream, or 0 if none could be stored.
     You must also update the read/write position of the stream
     by the number of bytes that were successfully written.
    
bool 
stream_eof ( void  )
     This method is called in response to feof()
     calls on the stream.  You should return TRUE if the read/write
     position is at the end of the stream and if no more data is available
     to be read, or FALSE otherwise.
    
int 
stream_tell ( void  )
     This method is called in response to ftell()
     calls on the stream.  You should return the current read/write
     position of the stream.
    
bool 
stream_seek ( int offset, int whence )
     This method is called in response to fseek()
     calls on the stream.  You should update the read/write position
     of the stream according to offset and
     whence.  See fseek()
     for more information about these parameters.
     Return TRUE if the position was updated, FALSE otherwise.
    
bool 
stream_flush ( void  )
     This method is called in response to fflush()
     calls on the stream.  If you have cached data in your stream
     but not yet stored it into the underlying storage, you should
     do so now.
     Return TRUE if the cached data was successfully stored (or
     if there was no data to store), or FALSE if the data could
     not be stored.
    
array 
stream_stat ( void  )
     This method is called in response to fstat()
     calls on the stream and should return an array containing the same
     values as appropriate for the stream.
    
bool 
unlink ( string path )
     This method is called in response to unlink()
     calls on URL paths associated with the wrapper and should attempt
     to delete the item specified by path.
     It should return TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
     In order for the appropriate error message to be returned,
     do not define this method if your wrapper does not support unlinking.
    
Note: 
      Userspace wrapper unlink method is not supported prior to 
      PHP 5.0.0.
     
bool 
rename ( string path_from, string path_to )
     This method is called in response to rename()
     calls on URL paths associated with the wrapper and should attempt
     to rename the item specified by path_from
     to the specification given by path_to.
     It should return TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
     In order for the appropriate error message to be returned,
     do not define this method if your wrapper does not support renaming.
    
Note: 
      Userspace wrapper rename method is not supported prior to 
      PHP 5.0.0.
     
bool 
mkdir ( string path, int mode, int options )
     This method is called in response to mkdir()
     calls on URL paths associated with the wrapper and should attempt
     to create the directory specified by path.
     It should return TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
     In order for the appropriate error message to be returned,
     do not define this method if your wrapper does not support 
     creating directories.  Posible values for options
     include STREAM_REPORT_ERRORS and 
     STREAM_MKDIR_RECURSIVE.
    
Note: 
      Userspace wrapper mkdir method is not supported prior to 
      PHP 5.0.0.
     
bool 
rmdir ( string path, int options )
     This method is called in response to rmdir()
     calls on URL paths associated with the wrapper and should attempt
     to remove the directory specified by path.
     It should return TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
     In order for the appropriate error message to be returned,
     do not define this method if your wrapper does not support 
     removing directories.  Possible values for options
     include STREAM_REPORT_ERRORS.
    
Note: 
      Userspace wrapper rmdir method is not supported prior to 
      PHP 5.0.0.
     
bool 
dir_opendir ( string path, int options )
     This method is called immediately when your stream object is created for
     examining directory contents with opendir().
     path specifies the URL that was
     passed to opendir() and that this object is
     expected to explore.  You can use parse_url()
     to break it apart.
    
array 
url_stat ( string path, int flags )
     This method is called in response to stat()
     calls on the URL paths associated with the wrapper and should
     return as many elements in common with the system function as
     possible.  Unknown or unavailable values should be set to a
     rational value (usually 0).
    
     flags holds additional flags set
     by the streams API. It can hold one or more of the following
     values OR'd together.
     
    string 
dir_readdir ( void  )
     This method is called in response to readdir()
     and should return a string representing the next filename in the
     location opened by dir_opendir().
    
bool 
dir_rewinddir ( void  )
     This method is called in response to rewinddir()
     and should reset the output generated by dir_readdir().
     i.e.: The next call to dir_readdir() should return
     the first entry in the location returned by dir_opendir().
    
bool 
dir_closedir ( void  )
     This method is called in response to closedir().
     You should release any resources which were locked or allocated during
     the opening and use of the directory stream.
    
     The example below implements a var:// protocol handler that
     allows read/write access to a named global variable using
     standard filesystem stream functions such as fread().
     The var:// protocol implemented below, given the URL
     "var://foo" will read/write data to/from $GLOBALS["foo"].
     
| Example 1. 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);
 
 ?>
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