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rewinddir

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

rewinddir — Rewind directory handle

Description

rewinddir(?resource $dir_handle = null): void

Resets the directory stream indicated by dir_handle to the beginning of the directory.

Parameters

dir_handle
A directory handle resource previously opened with opendir(). If dir_handle is null the last handle opened using opendir() will be used.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Changelog

Version Description
8.5.0 Using null for dir_handle is now deprecated. Instead, the last opened directory handle should be explicitly provided.
8.0.0 dir_handle is now nullable.

Examples

For a complete example refer to the opendir() documentation.

See Also

  • opendir() - Open directory handle
  • readdir() - Read entry from directory handle
  • closedir() - Close directory handle
  • dir() - Return an instance of the Directory class
  • is_dir() - Tells whether the filename is a directory
  • glob() - Find pathnames matching a pattern
  • scandir() - List files and directories inside the specified path

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rewinddir.php