<?php $results = array(); $directory = 'my_folder/files'; // create a handler for the directory $handler = opendir($directory); // open directory and walk through the filenames while ($file = readdir($handler)) { // if file isn't this directory or its parent, add it to the results if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { $results[] = $file; } } // tidy up: close the handler closedir($handler); print_r($results); ?>