note 50781 added to function.readdir

From: Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 21:23:25 +0000
Subject: note 50781 added to function.readdir
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Caution using this classic: while($file = readdir($d)) { ... } This loop will terminate in the unfortunate event that readdir encounters a file named "0" (that's a number zero). I spent half an hour debugging this! This is not a bug of course, since PHP evaluates "0" to FALSE. So beware. Paul. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+50781 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50781&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50781&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50781&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50781&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50781&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+50781&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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