README

The EfficientFileManagement class is a highly efficient PHP solution for managing and storing an extensive number of files, potentially in the order of billions, while maintaining exceptional performance. It achieves this scalability by organizing files into a hierarchical folder structure based on unique IDs (from database or any other source) and file extensions.

Installation

Install the latest version with:

$ composer require darkotodoric/efficient-file-management

Usage

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Define the folder path where files will be saved
$baseFolderPath = '/mnt/efficient-file-management/';

// Define allowed extensions
$allowedExtensions = ['json', 'xml', 'txt'];

// Define the division number (Maximum number of files in one folder)
$divisionNumber = 50000;

$efficientFileManagement = new EfficientFileManagement($baseFolderPath, $allowedExtensions, $divisionNumber);

// Get IDs from MySQL or other data source
$ids = [1337, 5162, 70312, 155312, 160312, 525312];

// Save content
foreach ($ids as $id) {
    $data = json_encode(['name' => 'File with ID ' . $id]);
    $efficientFileManagement->saveContent($id, 'json', $data);
}

// Get content
foreach($ids as $id){
    $data = $efficientFileManagement->getContent($id, 'json');
}

// Delete content
foreach($ids as $id){
    $data = json_encode(['name' => 'File with ID ' . $id]);
    $efficientFileManagement->deleteContent($id, 'json');
}

Folder and file structures

Here's an example of how the folder structure and files might look when using the EfficientFileManagement class to store files with IDs and extensions: Suppose we have the following files:

• File with ID 123456, 987654, 555555 and extension json
• File with ID 987654 and extension xml
• File with ID 555555 and extension txt

The resulting folder structure might look like this:

/mnt/efficient-file-management/
    ├── json/
    │   ├── 2/
    │   │   └── 123456.json
    │   ├── 19/
    │   │   └── 987654.json
    │   ├── 11/
    │   │   └── 555555.json
    ├── xml/
    │   ├── 19/
    │   │   └── 987654.xml
    ├── txt/
    │   ├── 11/
    │   │   └── 555555.txt

In this structure:

• Files with the .json extension are stored in the json folder.
• Files with the .xml extension are stored in the xml folder.
• Files with the .txt extension are stored in the txt folder.
• Each folder is further organized into subfolders based on the integer division of the file's ID by 50000. This hierarchical organization ensures that even with a vast number of files, the system remains efficient and easily manageable.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests to improve this project.