The Directory class

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

Introduction

Instances of Directory are created by calling the dir() function, not by the new operator.

final class Directory {

/* Properties */

public readonly string $path;

public readonly resource $handle;

/* Methods */

public function close(): void

public function read(): string|false

public function rewind(): void

}

path: The directory that was opened.
handle: Can be used with other directory functions such as readdir(), rewinddir() and closedir().

Version	Description
8.5.0	The class is now final.
8.1.0	The `path` and `handle` properties are now readonly.