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PHP | rewinddir() Function

PHP rewinddir() Function


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 rewinddir() Function.

The built-in rewinddir() function resets the directory stream indicated by the dir_handle to the beginning of the directory.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

void rewinddir ( resource $dir_handle );


Parameter Details

Sr.NoParameter & Description
1

dir_handle(Required)

The directory handle resource previously opened with opendir().


Return Value

This built-in function returns the filename on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

Try out the below example -

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

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

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


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

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