Php/docs/function.opendir
opendir
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
opendir — Open directory handle
Description
opendir
( string $path
[, resource $context
] ) : resource|false
Opens up a directory handle to be used in subsequent closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() calls.
Parameters
path- The directory path that is to be opened
context- For a description of the
contextparameter, refer to the streams section of the manual.
Return Values
Returns a directory handle resource on success,
or FALSE on failure
Errors/Exceptions
Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.
This may happen if path is not a valid directory,
the directory can not be opened due to permission restrictions,
or due to filesystem errors.
Examples
Example #1 opendir() example
<?php$dir = "/etc/php5/";// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contentsif (is_dir($dir)) { if ($dh = opendir($dir)) { while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) { echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype($dir . $file) . "\n"; } closedir($dh); }}?>
The above example will output something similar to:
filename: . : filetype: dir filename: .. : filetype: dir filename: apache : filetype: dir filename: cgi : filetype: dir filename: cli : filetype: dir
