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PHP File Handling with PHP Basic File Handling Reading Files

Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points
Posted by Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points

Creating an Array of $files

The question I'm struggling with from the challenge is: Create an array named $files, containing the names of all the file within in the "example" directory.

index.php 
<?php
//add code here
Gonras Karols
Gonras Karols
17,357 Points
Gonras Karols
Gonras Karols
17,357 Points

Read about scandir() and see its' return value. Or if you wanna shorten things out - $files = scandir('example');