This function, as far as I can tell, returns boolean, not string.
$di = new DirectoryIterator(/path/to/iterate);
while ($di->valid())
{
echo $di->getPathname() . "\n";
$di->next();
}
DirectoryIterator::valid
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DirectoryIterator::valid — Check whether current DirectoryIterator position is a valid file
Description
Check whether current DirectoryIterator position is a valid file.
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns true if the position is valid, otherwise false
Examples
Example #1 A DirectoryIterator::valid() example
<?php
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
// Loop to end of iterator
while($iterator->valid()) {
$iterator->next();
}
$iterator->valid(); // FALSE
$iterator->rewind();
$iterator->valid(); // TRUE
?>See Also
- DirectoryIterator::current() - Return the current DirectoryIterator item
- DirectoryIterator::key() - Return the key for the current DirectoryIterator item
- DirectoryIterator::next() - Move forward to next DirectoryIterator item
- DirectoryIterator::rewind() - Rewind the DirectoryIterator back to the start
- Iterator::valid() - Checks if current position is valid
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josh dot butts at vertive dot com ¶
15 years ago
