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PHPCrawler::setWorkingDirectory()</title>
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<span>Method:
PHPCrawler::setWorkingDirectory()</span>
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Sets the working-directory the crawler should use for storing temporary data.
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<b>Signature:</b>
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public setWorkingDirectory($directory)
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<b>Parameters:</b>
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<tr><td id="paramname" width="1%"><b>$directory</b> </td><td width="1%"><i><i>string</i></i> </td><td width="*">The working-directory</td></tr>
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<b>Returns:</b>
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<tr> <td width="1%"><i><i>bool</i></i> </td> <td width="*"> TRUE on success, otherwise false.</td></tr>
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<b>Description:</b>
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Every instance of the crawler needs and creates a temporary directory for storing some<br>internal data.<br><br>This setting defines which base-directory the crawler will use to store the temporary<br>directories in. By default, the crawler uses the systems temp-directory as working-directory.<br>(i.e. "/tmp/" on linux-systems)<br><br>All temporary directories created in the working-directory will be deleted automatically<br>after a crawling-process has finished.<br><br>NOTE: To speed up the performance of a crawling-process (especially when using the<br>SQLite-urlcache), try to set a mounted shared-memory device as working-direcotry<br>(i.e. "/dev/shm/" on Debian/Ubuntu-systems).<br><br>Example:<code>$crawler->setWorkingDirectory("/tmp/");</code>
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