closedir

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

closedir — Close directory handle

Description

closedir(?resource $dir_handle = null): void

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(). If the directory handle is not specified, the last link opened by opendir() is assumed.

Return Values

No value is returned.

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);
    }
}
?>