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Reading File Directories : Useful functions
To get this script going, we need to use some key functions off php.net.
is_dir
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
is_dir -- Tells whether the filename is a directory
Description
bool is_dir ( string filename)Returns TRUE if the filename exists and is a directory. If filename is a relative filename, it will be checked relative to the current working directory.
opendir
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
opendir -- open directory handle
Description
resource opendir ( string path)Returns a directory handle to be used in subsequent closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() calls.
If path is not a valid directory or the directory can not be opened due to permission restrictions or filesystem errors, opendir() returns FALSE and generates a PHP error. You can suppress the error output of opendir() by prepending `@' to the front of the function name.
readdir
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
readdir -- read entry from directory handle
Description
string readdir ( resource dir_handle)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.
closedir
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
closedir -- close directory handle
Description
void closedir ( resource dir_handle)Closes the directory stream indicated by dir_handle. The stream must have previously been opened by opendir(). Good code practice to close an opened file stream.
Author: Markavian
Last edited on: 22nd Jan, 9:14 am
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