Working with files in Laravel using Storage

// how to write content to a file
$content = 'File content ...';
Storage::put( 'myfile.txt', $content );

// how to read content from a file
$content = Storage::get( 'myfile.txt' );

// how to delete a file
Storage::delete( 'myfile.txt' );

// how to append content to a file
$append = 'Appending text...';
Storage::append( 'myfile.txt', $append );

// how to prepend content to a file
$prepend = 'Prepended text...';
Storage::prepend( 'myfile.txt', $prepend );

// how to create a directory
$directory = '/path/to/dir';
Storage::makeDirectory($directory);

// how to delete a directory
$directory = '/path/to/dir';
Storage::deleteDirectory($directory);

// how to copy a file to another location
Storage::copy('myfile.txt', 'myfile_copy.txt');

// how to move a file somewhere else
Storage::move('old/myfile.txt', 'new/myfile.txt');

// how to check if a file exist
$exists = Storage::exists('myfile.txt');

// how to get size of a file
$size = Storage::size('myfile.txt');

// how to check when a file was last modified
$time = Storage::lastModified('myfile.txt');

// how to get all files in a directory
$directory = '/path/to/dir';
$files = Storage::files($directory);

// how to get all files & directories in a parent directory
$directory = '/path/to/dir';
$files = Storage::allFiles($directory);

// how to get all directories in a parent directory
$directory = '/path/to/dir';
$directories = Storage::directories($directory);

// how to recursively get all directories in a parent directory
$directory = '/path/to/dir';
$directories = Storage::allDirectories($directory);