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DirectoryIterator::seek

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DirectoryIterator::seek — Seek to a DirectoryIterator item

Description

public function DirectoryIterator::seek(int $offset): void

Seek to a given position in the DirectoryIterator.

Parameters

offset

The zero-based numeric position to seek to.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 DirectoryIterator::seek() example

Seek to the fourth item in the directory containing the script. The first two are usually . and .. 

<?php
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
$iterator->seek(3);
if ($iterator->valid()) {
    echo $iterator->getFilename();
} else {
    echo 'No file at position 3';
}
?>

See Also


<DirectoryIterator::rewindDirectoryIterator::__toString>
^DirectoryIteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026