How to get only images using scandir in PHP?

Question

Is there any way to get only images with extensions jpeg, png, gif etc while using

$dir    = '/tmp';
$files1 = scandir($dir);

Answer 1

You can use glob

$images = glob('/tmp/*.{jpeg,gif,png}', GLOB_BRACE);

If you need this to be case-insensitive, you could use a DirectoryIterator in combination with a RegexIterator or pass the result of scandir to array_map and use a callback that filters any unwanted extensions. Whether you use strpos, fnmatch or pathinfo to get the extension is up to you.

Answer 2

The actual question was using scandir and the answers end up in glob. There is a huge difference in both where blob considerably heavy. The same filtering can be done with scandir using the following code:

$images = preg_grep('~\.(jpeg|jpg|png)$~', scandir($dir_f));

I hope this would help somebody.

Answer 3

I would loop through the files and look at their extensions:

$dir = '/tmp';
$dh  = opendir($dir);
while (false !== ($fileName = readdir($dh))) {
    $ext = substr($fileName, strrpos($fileName, '.') + 1);
    if(in_array($ext, array("jpg","jpeg","png","gif")))
        $files1[] = $fileName;
}

Answer 4

Here is a simple way to get only images. Works with PHP >= 5.2 version. The collection of extensions are in lowercase, so making the file extension in loop to lowercase make it case insensitive.

// image extensions
$extensions = array('jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'bmp');

// init result
$result = array();

// directory to scan
$directory = new DirectoryIterator('/dir/to/scan/');

// iterate
foreach ($directory as $fileinfo) {
    // must be a file
    if ($fileinfo->isFile()) {
        // file extension
        $extension = strtolower(pathinfo($fileinfo->getFilename(), PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
        // check if extension match
        if (in_array($extension, $extensions)) {
            // add to result
            $result[] = $fileinfo->getFilename();
        }
    }
}
// print result
print_r($result);

I hope this is useful if you want case insensitive and image only extensions.

Answer 5

You can search the resulting array afterward and discard files not matching your criteria.

scandir does not have the functionality you seek.

Answer 6

If you would like to scan a directory and return filenames only you can use this:

$fileNames = array_map(
    function($filePath) {
        return basename($filePath);
    },
    glob('./includes/*.{php}', GLOB_BRACE)
);

scandir() will return . and .. as well as the files, so the above code is cleaner if you just need filenames or you would like to do other things with the actual filepaths