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The Directory class

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Instances of Directory are created by calling the dir() function, not by the new operator.

Class synopsis

class Directory {

/* Properties */

public readonly string $path;

public readonly resource $handle;

/* Methods */

public close(): void

public read(): string|false

public rewind(): void

}

Properties

path: The directory that was opened.
handle: Can be used with other directory functions such as readdir(), rewinddir() and closedir().

Changelog

Version	Description
8.1.0	The `path` and `handle` properties are now readonly.

Directory::close — Close directory handle
Directory::read — Read entry from directory handle
Directory::rewind — Rewind directory handle

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serxis at gmail dot com ¶

9 years ago


If you have an error Directory::read() method not foundlike this one :
"PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined method Directory::read() in ..."
 try pth_read() instead of read() - undocumented "feature"