PHP | Directory Functions

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP Directory Functions.

The PHP directory functions are used in manipulating any directory.

Installation

There is no Installation needed to use these functions; they are part of the PHP core.

PHP needs to be configured with --enable-chroot-function option to enable chroot() function.

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Runtime Configuration

This extension type has no configuration directives defined in php.in.

List of Directory Functions

Following is the list of directory functions supported in PHP. Here, PHP - indicates the earliest versions of PHP that have support for these functions.

Sr.No	Function & Description	PHP
1	chdir() Changes current directory	4
2	chroot() Change the root directory	4.0.4
3	dir() Opens a directory handle and returns an object.	4
4	closedir() Closes a directory	4
5	getcwd() Gets the current working directory.	4
6	opendir() Open directory handle	4
7	readdir() Read entry from directory handle	4
8	rewinddir() Rewind directory handle	4
9	scandir() List files and directories inside the specified path	5

In our subsequent tutorials, we are going to be discussing about the above listed PHP directory functions.

Directory Constants

The following below is the list of directory constants supported in PHP. Here, PHP - indicates the earliest versions of PHP that have support for these constants.

Sr.No	Constant & Description	PHP
1	DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	3
2	PATH_SEPARATOR	4

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Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about PHP chdir() Function.

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