readdir nuisance

[Clinger]

I've never seen this until just recently. When I read a directory using readdir, in addition to the usual ".." and ".", it is now returning a string that says "No Files Currently".

 

2 Questions.

1.) Why the **** would PHP return a string like that? If the directory is empty, it shouldn't return anything.

2.) How do I disable that?

 

Example:

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