(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
opendir — Open directory handle
$directory, ?resource $context = null): resource|falseOpens up a directory handle to be used in subsequent closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() calls.
directoryThe directory path that is to be opened
context
For a description of the context parameter,
refer to the streams section of
the manual.
Returns a directory handle resource on success,
or false on failure
Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.
This may happen if directory is not a valid directory,
the directory can not be opened due to permission restrictions,
or due to filesystem errors.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
context is now nullable.
|
Example #1 opendir() example
<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";
// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
if (is_dir($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