symfony/finder

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Symfony Finder is a PHP component for locating files and directories using a fluent, chainable interface with filters by name, size, date, path, and content. It is a standalone Composer package usable in any PHP project, not just Symfony applications.

Use cases

• find files by name pattern in php
• iterate over directory contents with filters
• search files by size or modification date
• exclude vendor or vcs directories when scanning files
• sort and filter file listings in php

When to choose

• you need expressive, composable file/directory searches in PHP
• you want a battle-tested component used by Laravel, Drupal, Composer and other major projects
• you need filtering by name, size, date, depth, or custom callbacks in one API

When to avoid

• you need high-performance raw filesystem scanning where iterator overhead matters
• you are not working in PHP
• you need full-text file content search or indexing rather than file discovery

Facets

library · maturity stable

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