RecursiveDirectoryIterator::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

RecursiveDirectoryIterator::__constructConstructs a RecursiveDirectoryIterator

Description

public RecursiveDirectoryIterator::__construct(string $directory, int $flags = FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_PATHNAME | FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO)

Constructs a RecursiveDirectoryIterator() for the provided directory.

Parameters

directory

The path of the directory 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().

Errors/Exceptions

Throws an UnexpectedValueException if the directory does not exist.

Throws a ValueError if the directory is an empty string.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 Now throws a ValueError if directory is an empty string; previously it threw a RuntimeException.

Examples

Example #1 RecursiveDirectoryIterator example

<?php

$directory
= '/tmp';

$it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory));

$it->rewind();
while(
$it->valid()) {

if (!
$it->isDot()) {
echo
'SubPathName: ' . $it->getSubPathName() . "\n";
echo
'SubPath: ' . $it->getSubPath() . "\n";
echo
'Key: ' . $it->key() . "\n\n";
}

$it->next();
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

SubPathName: fruit/apple.xml
SubPath:     fruit
Key:         /tmp/fruit/apple.xml

SubPathName: stuff.xml
SubPath:     
Key:         /tmp/stuff.xml

SubPathName: veggies/carrot.xml
SubPath:     veggies
Key:         /tmp/veggies/carrot.xml

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pedro dot matamouros at gmail dot com
13 years ago
You can use RecursiveDirectoryIterator::FOLLOW_SYMLINKS as a flag to the constructor to have RecursiveDirectoryIterator follow symlinks, which it does not do by default.

[EDIT BY danbrown AT php DOT net on 16-JUL-2012: Contains a typofix provided by (lightrekky AT gmail DOT com) in note #109280 on 02-JUL-2012.]
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hanskrentel at yahoo dot de
11 years ago
The two default flags are zero (virtual) as with my PHP versions (5.3 and 5.4). Which means you can not check if those are set or not with the & bitwise operator:

<?php
// CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO (0)
// KEY_AS_PATHNAME (0)

### always FALSE ###
$directoryIterator->getFlags() & RecursiveDirectoryIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO;

?>

But this also allows that you can use other flags right ahead without repeating the default ones:

<?php
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator(
'.',
FilesystemIterator::UNIX_PATHS
);
?>

There is no need to repeat the default flags. Please note that this is different to FilesystemIterator which has as well the SKIP_DOTS flag as default which is non-zero:

<?php
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator(
'.',
FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS
| FilesystemIterator::UNIX_PATHS
);
?>
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