readdir

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

readdir从目录句柄中读取条目

说明

readdir ([ resource $dir_handle ] ) : string

返回目录中下一个文件的文件名。文件名以在文件系统中的排序返回。

参数

dir_handle

目录句柄的 resource,之前由 opendir() 打开

返回值

成功则返回文件名 或者在失败时返回 FALSE

Warning

此函数可能返回布尔值 FALSE,但也可能返回等同于 FALSE 的非布尔值。请阅读 布尔类型章节以获取更多信息。应使用 === 运算符来测试此函数的返回值。

范例

Example #1 列出目录中的所有文件

请留意下面例子中检查 readdir() 返回值的风格。这里明确地测试返回值是否全等于(值和类型都相同——更多信息参见比较运算符FALSE,否则任何目录项的名称求值为 FALSE 的都会导致循环停止(例如一个目录名为"0")。

<?php
// 注意在 4.0.0-RC2 之前不存在 !== 运算符

if ($handle opendir('/path/to/files')) {
    echo 
"Directory handle: $handle\n";
    echo 
"Files:\n";

    
/* 这是正确地遍历目录方法 */
    
while (false !== ($file readdir($handle))) {
        echo 
"$file\n";
    }

    
/* 这是错误地遍历目录的方法 */
    
while ($file readdir($handle)) {
        echo 
"$file\n";
    }

    
closedir($handle);
}
?>

Example #2 列出当前目录的所有文件并去掉 ...

<?php
if ($handle opendir('.')) {
    while (
false !== ($file readdir($handle))) {
        if (
$file != "." && $file != "..") {
            echo 
"$file\n";
        }
    }
    
closedir($handle);
}
?>

参见

  • is_dir() - 判断给定文件名是否是一个目录
  • glob() - 寻找与模式匹配的文件路径
  • opendir() - 打开目录句柄
  • scandir() - 列出指定路径中的文件和目录

User Contributed Notes

synnus at gmail dot com 04-Nov-2019 08:56
<?php

 
// if( $entry[0] != '.' )  best for ' . ' and ' .. '

           
$d = dir( '.' );
            echo
"Pointeur : " . $d->handle . "\n";
            echo
"Chemin : " . $d->path . "\n";
            while (
false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
               if(
$entry[0] != '.') {
                   echo
$entry, PHP_EOL;
               }
            }
           
$d->close();

?>
Mark Simon 09-Oct-2019 05:44
Regarding the warning:

This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE.

Of course, this means that if you use:

<?php
   
if($entry = readdir($handle) == false) ...
?>

or

<?php
   
while($entry = readdir($handle)) ...
?>

you may get a false false, as it were.

As far as I can tell, the only time this would actually occur is if you encounter an entry of 0.

According to

https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php#language.types.boolean.casting

this appears to be the only string which will evaluate to false.
Mark Simon 26-Sep-2019 01:05
PHP includes and alternative boolean operators whose precedence is below assignment. This means that an expression of the form

<?php
   
if(($a = something()) && $a !== false) ... ;
?>

can be written as

<?php
   
if($a = something() and $a !== false) ... ;
?>

In this case, the loop can be written as:

<?php
   
while ($entry = readdir($handle) and $entry !== false) {
       
//    etc
   
}
?>
craig dot edwards at comech dot co dot uk 05-Jun-2018 01:16
Please be aware that readdir() and opendir() etc will return sorted directory listings automatically on some operating systems, whilst others it will not.

On later versions of windows, you can usually be guaranteed alphabetically sorted file listings from readdir(), and on Linux there is no such guarantee. If you require any particular sort order you should read the results to an array and use asort() or rsort() on it, or similar, to get the results into the order you need.
osamahussain897 at gmail dot com 27-Jan-2018 08:40
<?php
if ($handle = opendir('../')) {
   
    while(
$entry = readdir($handle)){
       
$ent[] = $entry;
    }
   
    echo
$ent[0]; // Access To Custom Directory or File;
   
closedir($handle);
}
?>
sergio dot barrios at upr dot edu dot cu 29-Jul-2016 06:03
Find a file or folder within a directory. Say we want will loop n times by all subdirectories of a root directory and find a particular folder or file and know your address.

In my case I needed to find each existing file in a directory metadata.opf a Calibre library and take all the data for each document this, if we consider that this directory had 20,000 folders author is a task that is humanly impossible . This recursive algorithm achieves do my homework. I hope it will help you.

<?php

$root
= '../Classes';
$search_parameter = "CachedObjectStorageFactory.php";

//if we call the function spider as spider($root);
//will show all the directory content including subdirectories

//if we call the function spider as spider('../Classes', 'Shared');
//and will show the address of the directory

spider($root, $search_parameter);
closedir();
   
function
spider($dir,$fileName=""){
   
   
$handle = opendir($dir);
    
    while(
$file= readdir($handle)){

       if(
$file != "." && $file != ".."){
               
          if(
$fileName=="")
             echo
$dir."/".$file."<br>"
        else
           if(
$file == $fileName)       
            echo
$dir."/".$file."<br>";          
          
                
        if(!
is_file($dir."/".$file))            
           
spider($dir."/".$file,$fileName);
        
      }   
   }
  
}    

?>
garvitdelhi at gmail dot com 31-Aug-2014 06:10
this function recurrsively goes to a particular depth and stops after the depth is reached.

function read_path($root = '.', $depth = 1) {
        if($depth == 0) {
            return;
        }
        $last_letter  = $root[strlen($root)-1];
          $root  = ($last_letter == '\\' || $last_letter == '/') ? $root : $root.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
          $files  = array('files'=>array(), 'dirs'=>array());
          if ($handle = opendir($root)) {
              while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
                if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') {
                      continue;
                }
                $file  = $root.$file;
                if (is_dir($file)) {
                      $directory_path = $file.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
                    $files['dirs'][$directory_path]  = NULL;
                } elseif (is_file($file)) {
                    $files['files'][]  = $file;
                }
              }
              closedir($handle);
        }
          $done = [$root=>$files];
          foreach ($done[$root]['dirs'] as $key=>$value) {
              $done[$root]['dirs'][$key] = $this->read_path($key, $depth-1);
          }
          return $done[$root];
    }
stiles daht nathan ahat geemale 20-Jun-2014 05:54
I'm on 5.4.21 this function returns null after . and .. on an empty directory.  ZendServer for IBMi
Blizzz 02-Sep-2013 04:42
If dir_handle is not a proper resource, null will be returned instead of false.
jpittman2 at gmail dot com 18-Jul-2013 05:55
Warning when using readdir() on certain versions of CentOS on NFS-mounted directories:

This is not a bug with PHP's readdir, but a bug with certain versions of CentOS's readdir implementation.  According to Post #6213 in the CentOS Bugs forum, when using CentOS kernel versions 2.6.18-348 through 2.6.18-348.3.1, invoking readdir on an NFS-mounted directory may not return all the entries.  Since PHP's readdir() uses this library, the issue is manifest in PHP as well.

According to the post, upgrading to version 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5 should solve the issue, though I haven't tried it.

glob() does NOT seem to suffer from this same vulnerability.
avi dot megladon at gmail dot com 22-Jun-2012 12:51
loop through folders and sub folders with option to remove specific files.

<?php
function listFolderFiles($dir,$exclude){
   
$ffs = scandir($dir);
    echo
'<ul class="ulli">';
    foreach(
$ffs as $ff){
        if(
is_array($exclude) and !in_array($ff,$exclude)){
            if(
$ff != '.' && $ff != '..'){
            if(!
is_dir($dir.'/'.$ff)){
            echo
'<li><a href="edit_page.php?path='.ltrim($dir.'/'.$ff,'./').'">'.$ff.'</a>';
            } else {
            echo
'<li>'.$ff;   
            }
            if(
is_dir($dir.'/'.$ff)) listFolderFiles($dir.'/'.$ff,$exclude);
            echo
'</li>';
            }
        }
    }
    echo
'</ul>';
}

listFolderFiles('.',array('index.php','edit_page.php'));
?>
Mauro Alessandro Nonnis 17-Jul-2011 01:57
## List and Rename  all files on recursive directories with "recursive directory name" as template + filename
## Advice:  other files in the same directory will result in a warning
## scriptname : Recursive Dir_Renfiles_dirname-filename.php

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
    while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
                if (
$file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "Recursive Dir_Renfiles_dirname-filename.php") {
                    echo
"$file";
        echo
"<br>";
                   
$count = -1;
                    
$handle2 = @opendir($file);
                        while (
false !== ($file2 = @readdir($handle2))) {
                        echo
"$file2";     
                        if (
$count <10 ){ @rename("$file/$file2", "$file/$file"."_$file2");}
                        else { @
rename("$file/$file2", "$file/$file"."_$file2");}
                        echo
"<br>";
                        
$count = $count + 1;
                            }
             echo
"<br>";
        }
    }
   
closedir($handle);
}
?>
mrlemonade 09-Jul-2011 03:34
Get all files on recursive directories in single array.

<?php
/*
 * mrlemonade ~
 */

function getFilesFromDir($dir) {

 
$files = array();
  if (
$handle = opendir($dir)) {
    while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if (
$file != "." && $file != "..") {
            if(
is_dir($dir.'/'.$file)) {
               
$dir2 = $dir.'/'.$file;
               
$files[] = getFilesFromDir($dir2);
            }
            else {
             
$files[] = $dir.'/'.$file;
            }
        }
    }
   
closedir($handle);
  }

  return
array_flat($files);
}

function
array_flat($array) {

  foreach(
$array as $a) {
    if(
is_array($a)) {
     
$tmp = array_merge($tmp, array_flat($a));
    }
    else {
     
$tmp[] = $a;
    }
  }

  return
$tmp;
}

// Usage
$dir = '/data';
$foo = getFilesFromDir($dir);

print_r($foo);
?>
stuart at horuskol dot net 02-May-2011 10:20
Looking through the examples, I can't see any that do a simple check on the value of the directory resource that opendir returns and is subsequently used by readdir.

If opendir returns false, and you simply pass this to the readdir call in the while loop, you will get an infinite loop.

A simple test helps prevent this:

<?php

$dir
= opendir($path);
while (
$dir && ($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
 
// do stuff
}

?>
sreekumar [at] sreek [dot] in 12-Apr-2011 02:04
A function I created to non-recursively get the path of all files and folders including sub-directories of a given folder.
Though I have not tested it completely, it seems to be working.

<?php

/**
 * Finds path, relative to the given root folder, of all files and directories in the given directory and its sub-directories non recursively.
 * Will return an array of the form
 * array(
 *   'files' => [],
 *   'dirs'  => [],
 * )
 * @author sreekumar
 * @param string $root
 * @result array
 */
function read_all_files($root = '.'){
 
$files  = array('files'=>array(), 'dirs'=>array());
 
$directories  = array();
 
$last_letter  = $root[strlen($root)-1];
 
$root  = ($last_letter == '\\' || $last_letter == '/') ? $root : $root.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 
 
$directories[]  = $root;
 
  while (
sizeof($directories)) {
   
$dir  = array_pop($directories);
    if (
$handle = opendir($dir)) {
      while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if (
$file == '.' || $file == '..') {
          continue;
        }
       
$file  = $dir.$file;
        if (
is_dir($file)) {
         
$directory_path = $file.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
         
array_push($directories, $directory_path);
         
$files['dirs'][]  = $directory_path;
        } elseif (
is_file($file)) {
         
$files['files'][]  = $file;
        }
      }
     
closedir($handle);
    }
  }
 
  return
$files;
}
?>
Qwerp 11-Nov-2010 10:42
Here's a handy function you can use to list the files in the directory you specify, their type (dir or file) and whether they are hidden.
You could modify it to do other things too.

<?php
function listDirs($where){
echo
"<table border=\"1\"><tr><td><b>Name</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td>";
echo
"<td><b>Invisible (Hidden)?</b></td></tr>";
   
$itemHandler=opendir($where);
   
$i=0;
    while((
$item=readdir($itemHandler)) !== false){
        if(
substr($item, 0, 1)!="."){
            if(
is_dir($item)){
                echo
"<tr><td>$item</td><td>Directory</td><td>No</td></tr>";
            }else{
                echo
"<tr><td>$item</td><td>File</td><td>No</td></tr>";
            }
           
$i++;
        }else{
            if(
is_dir($item)){
                echo
"<tr><td>$item</td><td>Directory</td><td>Yes</td></tr>";
            }else{
                echo
"<tr><td>$item</td><td>File</td><td>Yes</td></tr>";
            }
           
$i++;
        }
       }
echo
"</table>";
}
?>
Then call it like this.
<?php
listDirs
(DIR);
?>
Example:
<?php
listDirs
("/tests/directorylisting");
?>

You get a table like this.

Name    Type    Invisible (Hidden)?
.    Directory    Yes
..    Directory    Yes
.DS_Store    File    Yes
.localized    File    Yes
index.php    File    No
OOOLS    Directory    No
QwerpWiki.php    File    No
frasq at frasq dot org 01-Nov-2010 07:46
A variation on listing all the files in a directory recursively. The code illustrates a basic technique : the use of an auxiliary function. It avoids building temporary lists which are merged on the way back. Note that the array which collects the information must be passed by reference.

<?php
function listdir($dir='.') {
    if (!
is_dir($dir)) {
        return
false;
    }
   
   
$files = array();
   
listdiraux($dir, $files);

    return
$files;
}

function
listdiraux($dir, &$files) {
   
$handle = opendir($dir);
    while ((
$file = readdir($handle)) !== false) {
        if (
$file == '.' || $file == '..') {
            continue;
        }
       
$filepath = $dir == '.' ? $file : $dir . '/' . $file;
        if (
is_link($filepath))
            continue;
        if (
is_file($filepath))
           
$files[] = $filepath;
        else if (
is_dir($filepath))
           
listdiraux($filepath, $files);
    }
   
closedir($handle);
}

$files = listdir('.');
sort($files, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);

foreach (
$files as $f) {
    echo 
$f, "\n";
}
?>
yasirlayth at live dot com 04-Jan-2010 05:36
this simple function will index the directories and sub-directories of a given dir

<?php
function get_dirs($dir){
    global
$dirs;
    if (!isset(
$dirs)){$dirs = '';}
    if(
substr($dir,-1) !== '\\'){$dir .= '\\';}
    if (
$handle = opendir($dir)){
        while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))){
            if (
filetype($dir.$file) === 'dir' && $file != "." && $file != ".."){
               
clearstatcache();
               
$dirs .= $file . "\n";
               
get_dirs($dir . $file);
            }
        }
       
closedir($handle);
    }
    return
$dirs;
}
?>
DaveRandom 17-May-2009 07:39
A very flexible function to recursively list all files in a directory with the option to perform a custom set of actions on those files and/or include extra information about them in the returned data.

 ----------

 SYNTAX:
   $array = process_dir ( $dir , $recursive = FALSE )
        $dir  (STRING)   =  Directory to process
  $recursive  (BOOLEAN)  =  [Optional] Recursive if set to TRUE

 RETURN VALUES:
  The function returns an indexed array, one entry for every file. Each entry is an associative array, containing the basic information 'filename' (name of file) and 'dirpath' (directory component of path to file), and any additional keys you configure. Returns FALSE on failure.

 ----------

  To allow you to configure another key, the entry for each file is stored in an array, "$entry" for each iteration. You can easily return any additional data for a given file using $entry['keyname'] = ... (Note that this data can be any variable type - string, bool, float, resource etc)

  There is a string variable "$path" available, which contains the full path of the current file, relative to the initial "$dir" supplied at function call. This data is also available in it's constituent parts, "$dir" and "$file". Actions for each file can be constructed on the basis of these variables. The variables "$list", "$handle" and "$recursive" should not be used within your code.

 ----------

 Simply insert you code into the sections indicated by the comments below and your away!

 The following example returns filename, filepath, and file modified time (in a human-readable string) for all items, filesize for all files but not directories, and a resource stream for all files with 'log' in the filename (but not *.log files).

<?php

 
function process_dir($dir,$recursive = FALSE) {
    if (
is_dir($dir)) {
      for (
$list = array(),$handle = opendir($dir); (FALSE !== ($file = readdir($handle)));) {
        if ((
$file != '.' && $file != '..') && (file_exists($path = $dir.'/'.$file))) {
          if (
is_dir($path) && ($recursive)) {
           
$list = array_merge($list, process_dir($path, TRUE));
          } else {
           
$entry = array('filename' => $file, 'dirpath' => $dir);

 
//---------------------------------------------------------//
 //                     - SECTION 1 -                       //
 //          Actions to be performed on ALL ITEMS           //
 //-----------------    Begin Editable    ------------------//

 
$entry['modtime'] = filemtime($path);

 
//-----------------     End Editable     ------------------//
           
do if (!is_dir($path)) {
 
//---------------------------------------------------------//
 //                     - SECTION 2 -                       //
 //         Actions to be performed on FILES ONLY           //
 //-----------------    Begin Editable    ------------------//

 
$entry['size'] = filesize($path);
  if (
strstr(pathinfo($path,PATHINFO_BASENAME),'log')) {
    if (!
$entry['handle'] = fopen($path,r)) $entry['handle'] = "FAIL";
  }
 
 
//-----------------     End Editable     ------------------//
             
break;
            } else {
 
//---------------------------------------------------------//
 //                     - SECTION 3 -                       //
 //       Actions to be performed on DIRECTORIES ONLY       //
 //-----------------    Begin Editable    ------------------//

 //-----------------     End Editable     ------------------//
             
break;
            } while (
FALSE);
           
$list[] = $entry;
          }
        }
      }
     
closedir($handle);
      return
$list;
    } else return
FALSE;
  }
   
 
$result = process_dir('C:/webserver/Apache2/httpdocs/processdir',TRUE);

 
// Output each opened file and then close
 
foreach ($result as $file) {
    if (
is_resource($file['handle'])) {
        echo
"\n\nFILE (" . $file['dirpath'].'/'.$file['filename'] . "):\n\n" . fread($file['handle'], filesize($file['dirpath'].'/'.$file['filename']));
       
fclose($file['handle']);
    }
  }

?>
HeadRoom 08-May-2009 12:08
Thought I would include what I wrote to get a random image from a directory.

<?php
$image_dir
= 'images';
$count = 0;
if (
$handle = opendir($image_dir)) {
   
$retval = array();
    while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ((
$file <> ".") && ($file <> "..")) {
       
$retval[$count] = $file;
       
$count = $count + 1;
            }
    }

   
closedir($handle);
}
shuffle($retval);
$current_image = $retval[0];
?>

[NOTE BY danbrown AT php DOT net: Contains a bugfix/typofix inspired by 'ffd8' on 19-JUN-09.]
hanan dot ali dot shaikh at gmail dot com 14-Mar-2009 11:37
This function is used to display random image i.e. at header position of a site. It reads the whole directory and then randomly print the image. I think it may be useful for someone.

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('images/')) {
  
$dir_array = array();
    while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if(
$file!="." && $file!=".."){
           
$dir_array[] = $file;
        }
    }
    echo
$dir_array[rand(0,count($dir_array)-1)];
   
closedir($handle);
}
?>
hotrungdungit at gmail dot com 18-Dec-2008 08:59
Below will return an array of file names and folders in directory

<?php
function ReadFolderDirectory($dir = "root_dir/here")
    {
       
$listDir = array();
        if(
$handler = opendir($dir)) {
            while ((
$sub = readdir($handler)) !== FALSE) {
                if (
$sub != "." && $sub != ".." && $sub != "Thumb.db") {
                    if(
is_file($dir."/".$sub)) {
                       
$listDir[] = $sub;
                    }elseif(
is_dir($dir."/".$sub)){
                       
$listDir[$sub] = $this->ReadFolderDirectory($dir."/".$sub);
                    }
                }
            }   
           
closedir($handler);
        }
        return
$listDir;   
    }
?>
Kim Christensen 05-May-2008 08:14
Handy little function that returns the number of files (not directories) that exists under a directory.
Choose if you want the function to recurse through sub-directories with the second parameter -
the default mode (false) is just to count the files directly under the supplied path.

<?php

 
/**
   * Return the number of files that resides under a directory.
   *
   * @return integer
   * @param    string (required)   The directory you want to start in
   * @param    boolean (optional)  Recursive counting. Default to FALSE.
   * @param    integer (optional)  Initial value of file count
   */ 

 
function num_files($dir, $recursive=false, $counter=0) {
    static
$counter;
    if(
is_dir($dir)) {
      if(
$dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while((
$file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
          if(
$file != "." && $file != "..") {
             
$counter = (is_dir($dir."/".$file)) ? num_files($dir."/".$file, $recursive, $counter) : $counter+1;
          }
        }
       
closedir($dh);
      }
    }
    return
$counter;
  }

 
// Usage:
 
$nfiles = num_files("/home/kchr", true); // count all files that resides under /home/kchr, including subdirs
 
$nfiles = num_files("/tmp"); // count the files directly under /tmp

?>
info at agentur-obermaier dot de 15-Apr-2008 04:13
This is a nice quick full dir read - sorry for my bad english ;)

<?php
function ReadDirs($dir,$em){
    if (
$handle = opendir($dir)) {
    while (
false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if (
$file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "Thumb.db") {
            if(
is_dir($dir.$file)){
                echo
$em."&raquo; ".$file.'<br>';
               
ReadDirs($dir.$file."/",$em."&nbsp;&nbsp;");
            }
        }
    }
   
closedir($handle);
    }
}
?>
skysama at googles_email dot com 12-Sep-2007 10:23
Yet another view files by extension

/* NOTE:
 *  /a-d = do not include directories
 *  /b   = show files in bare mode ( no dates or filesize )
 */

<?php
$dir
= '.\\img\\';    // reminder: escape your slashes
$filetype = "*.png";
$filelist = shell_exec( "dir {$dir}{$filetype} /a-d /b" );
$file_arr = explode( "\n", $filelist );
array_pop( $file_arr ); // last line is always blank
print_r( $file_arr );
?>
schursin at gmail[deleteme] dot com 27-May-2007 06:42
code:

<?php

       
function permission($filename)
        {
           
$perms = fileperms($filename);

            if     ((
$perms & 0xC000) == 0xC000) { $info = 's'; }
            elseif ((
$perms & 0xA000) == 0xA000) { $info = 'l'; }
            elseif ((
$perms & 0x8000) == 0x8000) { $info = '-'; }
            elseif ((
$perms & 0x6000) == 0x6000) { $info = 'b'; }
            elseif ((
$perms & 0x4000) == 0x4000) { $info = 'd'; }
            elseif ((
$perms & 0x2000) == 0x2000) { $info = 'c'; }
            elseif ((
$perms & 0x1000) == 0x1000) { $info = 'p'; }
            else                                 {
$info = 'u'; }

           
// владелец
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0100) ? 'r' : '-');
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0080) ? 'w' : '-');
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0040) ? (($perms & 0x0800) ? 's' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0800) ? 'S' : '-'));

           
// группа
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0020) ? 'r' : '-');
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0010) ? 'w' : '-');
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0008) ? (($perms & 0x0400) ? 's' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0400) ? 'S' : '-'));

           
// все
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0004) ? 'r' : '-');
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0002) ? 'w' : '-');
           
$info .= (($perms & 0x0001) ? (($perms & 0x0200) ? 't' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0200) ? 'T' : '-'));

            return
$info;
        }

        function
dir_list($dir)
        {
            if (
$dir[strlen($dir)-1] != '/') $dir .= '/';

            if (!
is_dir($dir)) return array();

           
$dir_handle  = opendir($dir);
           
$dir_objects = array();
            while (
$object = readdir($dir_handle))
                if (!
in_array($object, array('.','..')))
                {
                   
$filename    = $dir . $object;
                   
$file_object = array(
                                           
'name' => $object,
                                           
'size' => filesize($filename),
                                           
'perm' => permission($filename),
                                           
'type' => filetype($filename),
                                           
'time' => date("d F Y H:i:s", filemtime($filename))
                                        );
                   
$dir_objects[] = $file_object;
                }

            return
$dir_objects;
        }

?>

call:

<?php

        print_r
(dir_list('/path/to/you/dir/'));

?>

output sample:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => api
            [size] => 0
            [perm] => drwxrwxrwx
            [type] => dir
            [time] => 28 May 2007 01:55:02
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => classes
            [size] => 0
            [perm] => drwxrwxrwx
            [type] => dir
            [time] => 26 May 2007 00:56:44
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => config.inc.php
            [size] => 143
            [perm] => -rw-rw-rw-
            [type] => file
            [time] => 26 May 2007 13:13:19
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [name] => index.php
            [size] => 131
            [perm] => -rw-rw-rw-
            [type] => file
            [time] => 26 May 2007 22:15:18
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [name] => modules
            [size] => 0
            [perm] => drwxrwxrwx
            [type] => dir
            [time] => 28 May 2007 00:47:40
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [name] => temp
            [size] => 0
            [perm] => drwxrwxrwx
            [type] => dir
            [time] => 28 May 2007 04:49:33
        )

)
(Qube#php@Efnet) 15-May-2007 08:36
<?php

// Sample function to recursively return all files within a directory.
// http://www.pgregg.com/projects/php/code/recursive_readdir.phps

Function listdir($start_dir='.') {

 
$files = array();
  if (
is_dir($start_dir)) {
   
$fh = opendir($start_dir);
    while ((
$file = readdir($fh)) !== false) {
     
# loop through the files, skipping . and .., and recursing if necessary
     
if (strcmp($file, '.')==0 || strcmp($file, '..')==0) continue;
     
$filepath = $start_dir . '/' . $file;
      if (
is_dir($filepath) )
       
$files = array_merge($files, listdir($filepath));
      else
       
array_push($files, $filepath);
    }
   
closedir($fh);
  } else {
   
# false if the function was called with an invalid non-directory argument
   
$files = false;
  }

  return
$files;

}

$files = listdir('.');
print_r($files);
?>
(Qube#php@Efnet) 14-May-2007 02:41
Here is an updated version of preg_find() [which has been linked from the glob() man page for years] - this function should provide most of what you want back from reading files, directories, different sorting methods, recursion, and perhaps most powerful of all the ability to pattern match with a PCRE regex.

You can get preg_find here: http://www.pgregg.com/projects/php/preg_find/preg_find.php.txt
or if you prefer colourful .phps format: http://www.pgregg.com/projects/php/preg_find/preg_find.phps
or scoll down to the end of this note.

I wrote several examples on how to use it on my blog at: http://www.pgregg.com/forums/viewtopic.php?tid=73

simple glob() type replacement:
$files = preg_find('/./', $dir);

recursive?
$files = preg_find('/./', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE);

pattern match? find all .php files:
$files = preg_find('/\.php$/D', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE);

sorted alphabetically?
$files = preg_find('/\.php$/D', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE|PREG_FIND_SORTKEYS);

sorted in by filesize, in descending order?
$files = preg_find('/./', $dir,
  PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE|PREG_FIND_RETURNASSOC |PREG_FIND_SORTFILESIZE|PREG_FIND_SORTDESC);
$files=array_keys($files);

sorted by date modified?
$files = preg_find('/./', $dir,
  PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE|PREG_FIND_RETURNASSOC |PREG_FIND_SORTMODIFIED);
$files=array_keys($files);

Ok, the PHP note says my note is too long, so please click on one of the above links to get it.
phpwizard-at-pech-dot-cz 04-Jul-2002 01:22
It should work, but it'll be better to read section 13.1.3 Cache-control Mechanisms of RFC 2616 available at http://rfc.net/rfc2616.html before you start with confusing proxies on the way from you and the client.

Reading it is the best way to learn how proxies work, what should you do to modify cache-related headers of your documents and what you should never do again. :-)

And of course not reading RFCs is the best way to never learn how internet works and the best way to behave like Microsoft corp.

Have a nice day!
Jirka Pech