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The Directory class

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Instances of Directory are created by calling the dir function, not by the new operator.

Instances of Directory are created by calling the dir() function, not by the new operator.

final Directory { }

path: The directory that was opened.
handle: Can be used with other directory functions such as readdir(), rewinddir() and closedir().

Version	Description
8.5.0	The class is now final.
8.1.0	The `path` and `handle` properties are now readonly.

In this section

Close directory handle

Read entry from directory handle

Rewind directory handle

Source: reference/dir/directory.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)