FilesystemIterator::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

Constructs a new filesystem iterator

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()

Returns:

No value is returned.

Exception:

Throws an UnexpectedValueException if the path cannot be found.

Examples:

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