Working with directories

Directories: Open, read, close and view a list of files

An explanation of how to open a directory, read the contents of a directory, and close a directory.

Function opendir (string path)
The opendir() function opens a directory. It takes the path of the directory (can be just the name of the directory) as its parameter, and returns a directory handle that can be used by
the closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() functions.

Example:

$dir = opendir("test");

Creating and deleting directories

Script showing how to create/delete directory

Migrated forum post

Script showing how to create/delete dirs.

Code:

This creates a directory that has a mode of 777.

PHP Code:

<?php
if ($makedir == "MakeDir") {
$newdir = "$dirname";
$dirmake = mkdir("$newdir", 0777);
 
print "<a href="$newdir">View New Directory</a>n";
}
?>
 
<form action="<? $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<input type="text" name="dirname">
<input type="submit" name="makedir" value="MakeDir">
</form>