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

The quick and dirty way:

$folders = glob("/*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);

A more versatile and object-oriented solution, inspired by earlier answers using DirectoryIterator but slightly more concise and general purpose:

    $path = '';
    $folders = [];

    foreach (new \DirectoryIterator($path) as $file)
    {
        if (!$file->isDot() && $file->isDir())
        {
            $folders[] = $file;
        }
    }