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I want to print the folder names in a particular folder. For example Folder 1,2,3 are in a folder named 'New' I want to print the folder names 1 2 3 using php. Is it possible ? is there any function in php to do that ? any kind of solutions or ideas are very much appreciated.

Bala
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    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/608450/using-scandir-to-find-folders-in-a-directory-php – mgraph Jan 03 '12 at 13:34
  • @mgraph I have tried the above solution, but it did't worked as you can see there is no accepted answer..! – Bala Jan 03 '12 at 13:36
  • possible duplicate of [Get folders with PHP glob - unlimited levels deep](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5769514/get-folders-with-php-glob-unlimited-levels-deep) – nikc.org Jan 03 '12 at 13:38

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Here is some example code from php.net on the readdir() function:

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

If you modify this code to check $entry with the is_dir() function, you can easily find your directories.

Jeremy Harris
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<?php       

    // declare the folder    
    $ourDir = "/home/public_html/folderName";

    // prepare to read directory contents    
    $ourDirList = @opendir($ourDir);

    // loop through the items    
    while ($ourItem = readdir($ourDirList))    
    {        
       // check if it is a directory    
       if (is_dir($ourItem))    
       {    
          echo "directory: $ourItem <br />";    
       }

       // check to see if it is a file    
       if (is_file($ourItem))    
       {    
          echo "file: $ourItem <br />";    
       }    
    }

closedir($ourDirList);

?>

This is to echo both folders and files in a Directory.

Jinath Sanjitha
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<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";

// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)) {
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
            echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype($dir . $file) . "\n";
        }
        closedir($dh);
    }
}
?>

credit to php.net

Extending this logic,

<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";

// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)) {
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
            if(filetype($dir . $file) == 'dir') {
                echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype($dir . $file) . "\n";
            }
        }
        closedir($dh);
    }
}
?>

should echo all directories

The output on my local server is:

filename: . : filetype: dir
filename: .. : filetype: dir
filename: apache : filetype: dir
filename: etc : filetype: dir
filename: pranav : filetype: dir
Pranav Hosangadi
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glob function can be used to fetch directories too. 

<?php
  $folders = glob('/',GLOB_ONLYDIR);
  print_r($folders);
?>
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