FilesystemIterator::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

FilesystemIterator::__construct — Constructs a new filesystem iterator

Description

public FilesystemIterator::__construct ( string $path [, int $flags = FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_PATHNAME | FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO | FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS ] )

Constructs a new filesystem iterator from the path.

Parameters

path: The path of the filesystem item to be iterated over.
flags: Flags may be provided which will affect the behavior of some methods. A list of the flags can found under FilesystemIterator predefined constants. They can also be set later with FilesystemIterator::setFlags()

Note:

FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS is always set, and cannot be removed.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws an UnexpectedValueException if the path cannot be found.

Examples

Example #1 FilesystemIterator::__construct() example

<?php
$it = new FilesystemIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($it as $fileinfo) {
    echo $fileinfo->getFilename() . "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output:

apples.jpg
banana.jpg
example.php