Syntax:string DirectoryIterator::__ toString (void)
Parameters:This function takes no parameters.
Return Value:This function returns the file name of the current DirectoryIterator item.The following programs illustrate PHP DirectoryIterator::__ toString() function:
Program 1:
// Create an Iterator directory $directory = new DirectoryIterator (dirname ( __ FILE__ ));
// Loop while the catalog item is valid while ( $directory -> valid()) { // Display the file name in string format echo $directory -> __ toString(). "
" ; // Move to next item $directory -> next(); }
?> Output:. .. applications.html bitnami.css dashboard favicon.ico engineer.PNG gfg.php img index.php Sublime Text Build 3211 x64 Setup.exe webalizer xampp
Program 2:
// Create the Iterator directory $directory = new DirectoryIterator (dirname ( __ FILE__ ));
// Loop for each directory item foreach ( $directory as $dir ) { // Show key and file name echo $directory -> key(). "= >" . $directory -> __ toString(). "
" ; }
?> Output:0 = > ... 1 = > .. 2 = > applications.html 3 = > bitnami.css 4 = > dashboard 5 = > favicon.ico 6 = > engineer.PNG 7 = > gfg.php 8 = > img 9 = > index.php 10 = > Sublime Text Build 3211 x64 Setup.exe 11 = > webalizer 12 = > xampp
Note . The output of this function depends on the contents of the server folder.Link: https : //www.php.net/manual/en/directoryiterator.tostring.php
