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closedir

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

closedir -- Close directory handle

Description

void closedir ( resource dir_handle )

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

Parameters

dir_handle

The directory handle resource previously opened with opendir().

Examples

Example 1. closedir() example

<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";

// Open a known directory, read directory into variable and then close
if (is_dir($dir)) {
   if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
       $directory = readdir($dh);
       closedir($dh);
   }
}
?>



User Contributed Notes
closedir
foo at bar dot com
24-Nov-2000 12:35
About deleting a directory after doing a readdir/closedir on it... I'm not sure if this is the solution, but you could try to chdir("/"); before the rmdir to make absolutely sure you aren't standing in the directory (i.e trying to pull out the rug from under yourself).

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