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# closedir

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

closedir — Close directory handle

### Description

void closedir ([ resource `$dir_handle` ] )

Closes the directory stream indicated by `dir_handle` . The stream must have previously been opened by opendir().

### Parameters

`dir_handle`

  The directory handle resource previously opened with opendir(). If the directory handle is not specified, the last link opened by opendir() is assumed.

### Examples

Example #1 closedir() example

`<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";
// Open a known directory, read directory into variable and then close
if (is_dir($dir)) {
if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
$directory = readdir($dh);
closedir($dh);
}
}
?>`

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