DirectoryIterator::next

(PHP 5)

DirectoryIterator::next — Move forward to next DirectoryIterator item

Description

public void DirectoryIterator::next ( void )

Move forward to the next DirectoryIterator item.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 DirectoryIterator::next() example

List the contents of a directory using a while loop.

<?php
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
while($iterator->valid()) {
    echo $iterator->getFilename() . "\n";
    $iterator->next();
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

.
..
apple.jpg
banana.jpg
index.php
pear.jpg

See Also

• DirectoryIterator::current() - Return the current DirectoryIterator item.
• DirectoryIterator::key() - Return the key for the current DirectoryIterator item
• DirectoryIterator::rewind() - Rewind the DirectoryIterator back to the start
• DirectoryIterator::valid() - Check whether current DirectoryIterator position is a valid file
• Iterator::next() - Move forward to next element