put filenames into a variable from readdir()

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I'm having problems storing filenames into an array so i can store them into variables.

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
echo "$file ";
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
?>

What I ever I do, it only stores either the last filename or screen goes blank.

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You need to assign the value to an array at some point:

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
 while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
  if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
   echo "$file ";
   $files[] = $file;
  }
 }
 closedir($handle);
}

print_r ($files);
?>