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<h1 class="refname">DirectoryIterator::__construct</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DirectoryIterator::__construct</span> — <span class="dc-title">Constructs a new directory iterator from a path</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DirectoryIterator::__construct()</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$path</code></span>
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Constructs a new directory iterator from a path.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">path</code></em></span>
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The path of the directory to traverse.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-directoryiterator.construct-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
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Throws an <a href="class.unexpectedvalueexception.html" class="classname">UnexpectedValueException</a>
if the <em><code class="parameter">path</code></em> cannot be opened.
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Throws a <a href="class.runtimeexception.html" class="classname">RuntimeException</a>
if the <em><code class="parameter">path</code></em> is an empty string.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-directoryiterator.construct-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
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<td>5.3.0</td>
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Throws <a href="class.unexpectedvalueexception.html" class="classname">UnexpectedValueException</a> if the
<em><code class="parameter">path</code></em> cannot be opened.
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<td>5.1.3</td>
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Throws <a href="class.runtimeexception.html" class="classname">RuntimeException</a> if the
<em><code class="parameter">path</code></em> is an empty string.
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<td>5.1.0</td>
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Throws <a href="class.runtimeexception.html" class="classname">RuntimeException</a> on error.
Previously, threw <a href="class.exception.html" class="classname">Exception</a>.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-directoryiterator.construct-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="methodname"><strong>DirectoryIterator::__construct()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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This example will list the contents of the directory containing the script.
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$dir </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DirectoryIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">dirname</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">__FILE__</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dir </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fileinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fileinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">isDot</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fileinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getFilename</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><a href="class.splfileinfo.html" class="classname">SplFileInfo</a></li>
<li class="member"><a href="class.iterator.html" class="classname">Iterator</a></li>
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