PHP rewinddir Function – Reset Directory Handle to Start

The PHP rewinddir function resets a directory stream resource opened by opendir() back to the beginning of the directory, returning the filename on success or FALSE on failure, and requires a valid directory handle as its sole parameter.

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PHP rewinddir Function – Reset Directory Handle to Start

The rewinddir function in PHP resets the directory stream associated with a given directory handle back to the beginning of the directory.

Syntax: void rewinddir ( resource $dir_handle ) Parameter: $dir_handle – a directory handle resource previously obtained from opendir().

Return value:

On success, the function returns the filename; on failure it returns FALSE.

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