PHP opendir() Function – Opening a Directory Handle

The PHP opendir() function opens a directory handle, returning a resource on success or FALSE on failure.

Parameters

path – the directory path to open.

context – optional context resource.

Return value – a directory handle resource if successful, otherwise FALSE.

Example

<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";
// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)) {
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
            echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype($dir . $file) . "
";
        }
        closedir($dh);
    }
}
?>

Output

filename: . : filetype: dir
filename: .. : filetype: dir
filename: apache : filetype: dir
filename: cgi : filetype: dir
filename: cli : filetype: dir