DirectoryIterator::seek

Seek to a DirectoryIterator item

&reftitle.description; public `void` `DirectoryIterator::seek` `int` `offset`

Seek to a given position in the `DirectoryIterator`.

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`offset`

- The zero-based numeric position to seek to.

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&return.void;

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### `DirectoryIterator::seek` example

Seek to the fourth item in the directory containing the script. The first two are usually `.` and `..`

    <?php
    $iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
    $iterator->seek(3);
    if ($iterator->valid()) {
        echo $iterator->getFilename();
    } else {
        echo 'No file at position 3';
    }
    ?>

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- `DirectoryIterator::rewind`
- `DirectoryIterator::next`
- `SeekableIterator::seek`