Sahi Documentation

File Manipulation APIs

Text Files

_readFile

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_readFile($filePath[, $encoding])

Arguments
$filePathstring File path of file to be read as text. File path is resolved relative to current script file.
$encodingstring optional Encodes the data in file. Defaults to "UTF-8"

Returns
stringContent of the file

Details

Reads the file and returns a string.
var $contents = _readFile("users.txt");


_writeFile

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_writeFile($string, $filePath[, $overwrite[, $encoding]])

Arguments
$stringstring String to write to file.
$filePathstring File path of file to write into. File path is resolved relative to current script file.
$overwriteboolean optionalIf true, overwrites content. Default is false, which appends at the end of existing content.
$encodingstring optionalEncoding to be used while writing. Default is "UTF-8"

Returns
null

Details

_writeFile("First Line", "out.txt", true); // overwrites content in file
_writeFile("Second Line", "out.txt"); // appends second line in file


_writeToFile

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_writeToFile($string, $filePath[, $overwrite[, $encoding]])

Arguments
$stringstring String to write to file.
$filePathstring File path of file to write into. File path is resolved relative to current script file.
$overwriteboolean optionalIf true, overwrites content. Default is false, which appends at the end of existing content.
$encodingstring optionalEncoding to be used while writing. Default is "UTF-8"

Returns
null

Details

This API is the same as _writeFile. Only the name is different.


_deleteFile

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_deleteFile($filePath)

Arguments
$filePathstring File path of file to delete. File path is resolved relative to current script file.

Returns
booleantrue if the file was deleted on the filesystem, else false

Details

_deleteFile("out.txt"); // deletes out.txt


_fileExists

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_fileExists($filePath)

Arguments
$filePathstring File path of file to check. File path is resolved relative to current script file.

Returns
booleantrue if the file exists on the filesystem, else false

Details

_fileExists("out.txt"); // returns true if out.txt exists.


_renameFile

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_renameFile($oldFilePath, $newFilePath)

Arguments
$oldFilePathstring File path of file to rename. File path is resolved relative to current script file.
$newFilePathstring New path of file to write into. File path is resolved relative to current script file.

Returns
booleantrue if the file was renamed on the filesystem, else false

Details

Renames or moves a file from oldFilePath to newFilePath
_renameFile("original.txt", "renamed.txt"); // renames original.txt to renamed.txt
_renameFile("original.txt", "newPath/renamed.txt"); // moves and renames original.txt to newPath/renamed.txt


_copyFile

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_copyFile($srcFilePath, $destFilePath)

Arguments
$srcFilePathstring File path of an existing file to copy, must not be null. File path is resolved relative to current script file.
$destFilePathstring File path of the new file, must not be null. File path is resolved relative to current script file.

Returns
null

Details

copy a file from srcFilePath to destFilePath
_copyFile("source.txt", "dest.txt"); // copies the source.txt into dest.txt


CSV Files

CSV Files are a convenient way to store data. Being text based, they can be easily version controlled and diffed. Sahi has APIs to read and write to CSV Files.

_readCSVFile

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_readCSVFile($filePath[, $props])

Arguments
$filePathstring file path to csv file. File path is resolved relative to current script file.
$propsobject optionalProperties to specify for:
wordSeparator: string: Word separator character. Defaults to comma.
ignoreEmptyRows: boolean: Ignores the empty lines. Defaults to false.
includeHeader: boolean: If true, returns the header row also as the first row. Defaults to false.
encoding: string: Encodes the data in csv file. Defaults to "UTF-8".

Returns
two dimensional array of stringsa 2 dimensional array of all values in the csv file

Details

includeHeader default value is changed to false from version 8.0.0. To make previous version scripts continue as it is, change csv.include_header property to true in userdata.properties.
_readCSVFile api expect only one char for Word separator. If $wordSeparator has more than one char, only first char will be taken as $wordSeparator.
Given a userinfo.csv file with data
1,Ram,18,Male
2,Sam,20,Male


var $userinfo = _readCSVFile("data/userinfo.csv");
var $userName = $userinfo[0]; // returns 2,Sam,20,Male since includeHeader default value is false


Given a employee.csv file with data
1,Ram,18,Male
,
2,Sam,20,Male


var $employee = _readCSVFile("data/userinfo.csv");
var $employee1 = _readCSVFile("data/userinfo.csv", {includeHeader:true});
var $employee2 = _readCSVFile("data/userinfo.csv", {wordSeparator:";",includeHeader:true,ignoreEmptyRows:true});
var $employee3 = _readCSVFile("data/userinfo.csv", {encoding:"ISO-8859-1"});
var $csvLength = $employee.length // returns 2 since includeHeader default value is false
var $csvLength1 = $employee1.length // returns 3
var $csvLength2 = $employee2.length // returns 1 since ignoreEmptyRows and includeHeader are true


_writeCSVFile

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_writeCSVFile($array2d, $filePath[, $overwrite[, $wordSeparator[, $forceQuotes[, $padEmptyCells]]]])

Arguments
$array2d2 dimensional array Two dimensional array of data.
$filePathstring File path of csv file to write to. File path is resolved relative to current script file
$overwriteboolean optional If true, overwrites data. Default is false, which appends data.
$wordSeparatorstring optional Word separator character. Defaults to comma.
$forceQuotesboolean optional Force strings to be inside quotes in the csv file. Defaults to true.
$padEmptyCellsboolean optional Empty cells at the end of rows are not trimmed. Ensures an equal number of commas (separators) in each line. Defaults to false.

Returns
null

Details

    infoNOTE: $forceQuotes was added Since Sahi Pro: 6.2.0. For old document Refer here

                 $padEmptyCells was added Since Sahi Pro: 7.0.0. For old document Refer here

Writes the 2 dimensional array into the csv file.

var $data = [];
$data[0] = ["1", "Ram", 18, "Male"];
$data[1] = ["2", "Sam", 20];

_writeCSVFile($data, "data/userinfo.csv", false, ",", true, true);
//forces data to be inside quotes with specified word separator and empty cells at the end of rows are not trimmed.
//appends data into userinfo.csv.

var $moreData = [["3", "Lak", 30, "Male","Married"]];
_writeCSVFile($moreData, "data/userinfo.csv", false, ",", true, true);


The above code will create data/userinfo.csv with data

"1","Ram","18","Male",""
"2","Sam","20","",""
"3","Lak","30","Male","Married"