PHP Function closedir()

Syntax

void closedir ( resource $dir_handle );

Definition and Usage

Closes the directory stream indicated by dir_handle. The stream must have previously been opened by opendir().

Paramters

Parameter	Description
directory	Required. The directory handle resource previously opened with opendir().

Return Value

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php //Open images directory $dir = opendir("/var/www/images"); //List files in images directory while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) { echo "filename: " . $file . "<br />"; } closedir($dir); ?>

This will produce following result:

filename: . filename: .. filename: logo.gif filename: mohd.gif