PHP - Function opendir()

Syntax

resource opendir ( string $path [, resource $context] );

Definition and Usage

It opens up a directory handle to be used in subsequent closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() calls.

Parameters

Return Value

It returns a directory handle resource on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example

Following is the usage of this function −

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

This will produce the following result −

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