$files->tempDir() method

Return a new temporary directory/path ready to use for files

The temporary directory will be automatically removed at the end of the request.
Temporary directories are not http accessible.
If you call this with the same non-empty $name argument more than once in the same request, the same WireTempDir instance will be returned.

$tempDir = $files->tempDir(); 
$path = $tempDir->get();
file_put_contents($path . 'some-file.txt', 'Hello world');

// basic usage
$wireTempDir = $files->tempDir();

// usage with all arguments
$wireTempDir = $files->tempDir($name = '', $options = []);

Name Type(s) Description

Name	Type(s)	Description
`name` (optional)	Object, string	Any one of the following: (default='') Omit this argument for auto-generated name, 3.0.178+ Name/word that you specify using fieldName format, i.e. [_a-zA-Z0-9]. Object instance that needs the temp dir.
`options` (optional)	array, int	Deprecated argument. Call `WireTempDir` methods if you need more options.

name (optional)

Object, string

Any one of the following: (default='')

options (optional)

array, int

Deprecated argument. Call WireTempDir methods if you need more options.

Returns a WireTempDir instance. If you typecast return value to a string, it is the temp dir path (with trailing slash).

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.248