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FilesystemIterator::__construct

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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Constructs a new filesystem iterator

Description

FilesystemIterator::__construct(string $directory, int $flags = FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_PATHNAME | FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO | FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS)

Constructs a new filesystem iterator from the directory.

Parameters

directory: The path of the filesystem item to be iterated over.
flags: Flags may be provided which will affect the behavior of some methods. A list of the flags can found under FilesystemIterator predefined constants. They can also be set later with FilesystemIterator::setFlags

Errors/Exceptions

Throws an UnexpectedValueException if the directory does not exist.

Throws a ValueError if the directory is an empty string.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.2.0	Prior to PHP 8.2.0, `FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS` was always set and could not be removed.
8.0.0	Now throws a `ValueError` if `directory` is an empty string; previously it threw a `RuntimeException`.

Examples

FilesystemIterator::__construct() example

php

<?php
$it = new FilesystemIterator(dirname(__FILE__), FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO);
foreach ($it as $fileinfo) {
    echo $fileinfo->getFilename() . "\n";
}
?>

Similar

output

.
..
apples.jpg
banana.jpg
example.php

Output of the above example prior to PHP 8.2.0 is similar to: