Files
Explore how PHP handles file-based data storage and state management. Learn to use PHP functions for reading, writing, and locking files, and understand file handle operations. Discover issues with concurrency and cloud server file storage, plus how to use libraries for seamless cloud file management.
It’s time to look at long-term data stores. The most obvious one is the file system. The logic is simple—if we need to save some data, we put it into a file. That’s what computers do.
Working with files isn’t popular in web applications, but it remains a powerful tool for storing data and passing it between applications.