php - readdir() reads nonexistent files "." and ".." -
i'm basic php programmer, simple website users , profile pictures.
there folder called ppic
(profile pictures).
when use readdir()
says on php.net site, prints out 2 nonexistent files.
if put echo "there match - $entry<br>;
inside while
loop $entry
being file name, prints out:
there match - . there match - .. there match - autumn leaves.jpg there match - creek.jpg there match - toco toucan.jpg
i have 3 files in folder: "autumn leaves.jpg", "creek.jpg", , "toco toucan.jpg".
i'm not great computers, have no idea dots mean.
can please explain these me?
learn unix basics: (and other common filesystem handlings)
the .
virtual symbolic link current folder (e.g. ./creek.jpg
is, resolved, same creek.jpg
)
the ..
virtual symbolic link parent folder.
to hide them, manually exclude via $file !== '.' && $file !== '..'
.
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