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How do i get a list of filenames from a directory?

Jul 22nd, 2002 21:28
Erich Kolb, Nick Carter, http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('/path/to/files')) {
    echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
    echo "Files:\n";

    /* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { 
        echo "$file\n";
    }

    /* This is the WRONG way to loop over the directory. */
    while ($file = readdir($handle)) { 
        echo "$file\n";
    }

    closedir($handle); 
}
?>