PHP - Function closedir()

Syntax

void closedir ( resource $dir_handle );

Definition and Usage

It closes the directory stream indicated by dir_handle. The stream must have previously been opened by opendir().

Parameters

Return Value

It returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

Following is the usage of this function −

<?php
   $dir = opendir("/var/www/images");
   while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
      echo "filename: " . $file . "<br />";
   }
   
   closedir($dir);
?> 

This will produce the following result −

filename: .
filename: ..
filename: logo.gif
filename: mohd.gif