Using scandir() to find folders in a directory (PHP)

Question

I am using this peice of code:

$target = \'extracted/\' . $name[0];  
$scan = scandir($target);

To scan the directory of a folder which is

Answer 1

Better to use DirectoryIterator

$path = 'extracted'; // '.' for current
foreach (new DirectoryIterator($path) as $file) {
    if ($file->isDot()) continue;

    if ($file->isDir()) {
        print $file->getFilename() . '
';
    }
}