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dir

Description

The dir of Directory for PHP returns an instance of the Directory class.

Syntax

dir(
    string $directory,
    ?resource $context = null
): Directory|false

Parameters

directory

Directory to open

context

A context stream resource.

Return

Returns an instance of Directory, or false in case of error.

Examples

1 · directory

<?

$directory = ".";

$return = dir($directory);

print_r($return);

Directory Object
(
    [path] => .
    [handle] => Resource id #3
)

2 · context

<?

$directory = ".";
$context = stream_context_create();

$return = dir($directory, $context);

print_r($return);

Directory Object
(
    [path] => .
    [handle] => Resource id #3
)

3 · read

<?

$directory = ".";

$return = dir($directory);

echo "path: $return->path\n"
. "handle: $return->handle\n\n";

while(($read = $return->read()) !== false)
{
    echo "$read\n";
}
$return->close();

path: .
handle: Resource id #3

127.0.0.1
.
..
index.php
my.sock