PHP Function readdir()

Syntax

string readdir ( resource $dir_handle );

Definition and Usage

Returns the filename of the next file from the directory. The filenames are returned in the order in which they are stored by the filesystem.

Paramters

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

Return Value

Returns the filename 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