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readdir

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Read entry from directory handle

Description

readdir(resource|null $dir_handle = null): string|false

Returns the name of the next entry in the directory. The entries are returned in the order in which they are stored by the filesystem.

dir_handle: A directory handle resource previously opened with opendir(). If dir_handle is null the last handle opened using opendir() will be used.

Returns the entry name on success,Falseforfailure.

Falseproblem

Version	Description
8.5.0	Using null for `dir_handle` is now deprecated. Instead, the last opened directory handle should be explicitly provided.
8.0.0	`dir_handle` is now nullable.

For a complete example refer to the opendir() documentation.