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Object Storage Service:Manage folders (PHP SDK V1)

Last Updated:Nov 29, 2025

To simplify the organization and management of large numbers of objects, which can be difficult in a flat structure, Object Storage Service (OSS) offers the directory feature that simulates a folder structure.

Precautions

  • In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. To access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region, use an internal endpoint. For details about supported regions and endpoints, see Regions and endpoints.

  • In this topic, an OSSClient instance is created by using an OSS endpoint. If you want to create an OSSClient instance by using custom domain names or Security Token Service (STS), see Create an OSSClient instance.

Create a folder

The following code provides an example of how to create a folder.

<?php
if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../autoload.php')) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/../autoload.php';
}
if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
}

use OSS\Credentials\EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider;
use OSS\OssClient;
use OSS\CoreOssException;
// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run this code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set.
$provider = new EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
// Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com.
$endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Specify the bucket name. For example, examplebucket.
$bucket= "examplebucket";
// Specify the folder name. The name must end with a forward slash (/).
$object = "exampledir/";
$content = "";

// You can set headers when you upload the object. For example, you can set the access permissions to private or specify custom metadata.
$options = array(
    OssClient::OSS_HEADERS => array(
        'x-oss-object-acl' => 'private',
        'x-oss-meta-info' => 'your info'
    ),
);
try{
    $config = array(
        "provider" => $provider,
        "endpoint" => $endpoint,
        "signatureVersion" => OssClient::OSS_SIGNATURE_VERSION_V4,
        "region"=> "cn-hangzhou"
    );
    $ossClient = new OssClient($config);

    $ossClient->putObject($bucket, $object, $content, $options);
} catch(OssException $e) {
    printf(__FUNCTION__ . ": FAILED\n");
    printf($e->getMessage() . "\n");
    return;
}
print(__FUNCTION__ . "OK" . "\n");           

Delete a folder

Warning

Deleting a directory also deletes all its subdirectories and objects. Proceed with caution.

The following code provides an example of how to delete the log folder and all the files that it contains from the examplebucket bucket.

<?php
if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../autoload.php')) {
   require_once __DIR__ . '/../autoload.php';
}
if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')) {
   require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
}

use OSS\Credentials\EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider;
use OSS\OssClient;
use OSS\CoreOssException;

// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run this code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are set. 
$provider = new EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
// Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com.
$endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
// Specify the bucket name.
$bucket = "examplebucket";

try {
   $config = array(
        "provider" => $provider,
        "endpoint" => $endpoint,
        "signatureVersion" => OssClient::OSS_SIGNATURE_VERSION_V4,
        "region"=> "cn-hangzhou"
    );
    $ossClient = new OssClient($config);
   $option = array(
      OssClient::OSS_MARKER => null,
      // Specify the full path of the folder to delete. The full path does not include the bucket name.
      OssClient::OSS_PREFIX => "log/",
      OssClient::OSS_DELIMITER=>'',
   );
   $bool = true;
   while ($bool){
      $result = $ossClient->listObjects($bucket,$option);
      $objects = array();
      if(count($result->getObjectList()) > 0){
         foreach ($result->getObjectList() as $key => $info){
            printf("key name:".$info->getKey().PHP_EOL);
            $objects[] = $info->getKey();
         }
         // Delete the folder and all files in it.
         $delObjects = $ossClient->deleteObjects($bucket, $objects);
         foreach ($delObjects as $info){
            $obj = strval($info);
            printf("Delete ".$obj." : Success" . PHP_EOL);
         }
      }

      if($result->getIsTruncated() === 'true'){
         $option[OssClient::OSS_MARKER] = $result->getNextMarker();
      }else{
         $bool = false;
      }
   }
   printf("Delete Objects : OK" . PHP_EOL);
} catch (OssException $e) {
   printf("Delete Objects : Failed" . PHP_EOL);
   printf($e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL);
   return;
}

References

  • Create a folder

    For more information about the API operation used to create folders, see PutObject.

  • Delete a folder

    • For the complete sample code for deleting a folder and all its files, see the GitHub example.

    • For more information about the API operation used to delete folders and all their files, see DeleteObject.