Here’s the translation of the Go code to PHP, with explanations in Markdown format suitable for Hugo:
Our first example demonstrates how to work with directories in PHP. We’ll explore various functions for creating, listing, and navigating directories.
To run the program, save it as directories.php and use php:
This PHP script demonstrates various operations with directories:
We use mkdir() to create directories.
file_put_contents() is used to create empty files.
scandir() is used to list directory contents.
chdir() allows us to change the current working directory.
We use RecursiveIteratorIterator and RecursiveDirectoryIterator to recursively visit all files and directories.
Note that PHP doesn’t have a direct equivalent to Go’s defer for cleanup, so we use register_shutdown_function() to ensure our temporary directory is removed at the end of the script execution.
Also, unlike Go, PHP doesn’t have a built-in way to get both the name and type of directory entries in a single call. We need to use is_dir() separately to check if an entry is a directory.