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PHP closedir Function – Closing Directory Handles

The PHP closedir function closes a directory handle opened by opendir, accepting a resource parameter and returning TRUE on success or FALSE on failure, with usage examples and parameter details for backend filesystem operations.

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PHP closedir Function – Closing Directory Handles

The closedir function in PHP closes an opened directory handle, which must have been obtained via opendir() . It takes a resource parameter $dir_handle and returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Parameters

$dir_handle – the directory stream resource opened by opendir() . If omitted, the most recently opened handle is assumed.

Return value

Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on error.

Example

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