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PHP function opendir()

Open directory handle

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September 11, 2019

Availability in PHP 4.0

Open directory handle

Parameters

Parameter Data type Default value Note
$path string not The directory path that is to be opened
$context resource null For a description of the context parameter, refer to the streams section of the manual.

Return values

resource

|bool a directory handle resource on success, or false on failure.

If path is not a valid directory or the directory can not be opened due to permission restrictions or filesystem errors, opendir returns false and generates a PHP error of level E_WARNING. You can suppress the error output of opendir by prepending '@' to the front of the function name.

Other resources

Official opendir documentation

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