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These functions are provided to manipulate any directory.
There is no installation needed to use these functions; they are part of the PHP core.
PHP needs to be configured with --enable-chroot-func option to enable chroot() function.
This extension has no configuration directives defined in php.ini.
PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that supports the constant.
Constant | Description | PHP |
---|---|---|
DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR | 3 | |
PATH_SEPARATOR | 4 |
PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that supports that function.
Function | Description | PHP |
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chdir() | Changes current directory | 4 |
chroot() | Change the root directory | 4.0.4 |
dir() | Opens a directory handle and returns an object. | 4 |
closedir() | Closes a directory | 4 |
getcwd() | Gets the current working directory. | 4 |
opendir() | Open directory handle | 4 |
readdir() | Read entry from directory handle | 4 |
rewinddir() | Rewind directory handle | 4 |
scandir() | List files and directories inside the specified path | 5 |
NOTE: For more functions related to file system, check File System Functions
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