PHP closedir function

PHP closedir function

Closedir
(PHP 4, PHP 5)

Closedir-Close Directory handle

Report Error description
Invalid Closedir ([resource $ dir_handle specified])
Closes the directory stream dir_handle specified. The stream must have been opened Opendir ().

Report Error parameters

Dir_handle specified
The directory that processed the resource was previously opened with Opendir (). If the directory handle is not specified, the last link is opened by Opendir ().

Look at an 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);
}
}
?>

Example
<?php
Open Images Directory
$dir = Opendir ("Images");

Listing files in the images directory
while (($file = Readdir ($dir))!== false)
{
echo "FileName:". $file. "<br/>";
}
Closedir ($dir);
?>

FileName:.
FileName:.
Filename:cat.gif
Filename:dog.gif
Filename:food
Filename:horse.gif