scandir( $path) returns the searched result in array.
$result = scandir(directory, order, context)
- it returns false on failure.
<?php $r = scandir("/etc/"); print_r( $r); ?>
Below is another example to find files in regexp.
function findfiles( $path, $regexp) { $r = scandir( $path); if ($r==true) { $i=count($r)-1; while($i>=0) { if (!preg_match('/' . $regexp . '/', $r[$i])) unset($r[$i]); $i--; } return $r; } } $r = findfiles( "/repostirory", "mysql"); print_r($r);