How can i manually create a SplFileInfo similar to the FileUpload object?

Hi,

I have a function that stores an uploaded file, creates a DB record and moves it somewhere on the disk. This works fine.

Now I also have to store other files that already exists on the disk with the same method. I was hoping i could just create a SplFileInfo object from this file, and pass it on to my "save" function:

use SplFileInfo;

...

$file = new SplFileInfo($orgFilePath);

However, this object behaves differently from the FileUpload object. Instead of

$ext = $file->extension();

i have to use the methods as described in in the PHP docs:

$ext = $file->getExtension();

and it does not have Laravels $file->storeAs() method.

How can i manually create a "Laravel" SplFileInfo object from an existing path, that has the same properties as the FileUpload object? Everything i find on Google is just 20 different tutorials about uploading a file, but nothing about basic file operations ...