Php/docs/directoryiterator.gettype

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DirectoryIterator::getType

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

DirectoryIterator::getType — Determine the type of the current DirectoryIterator item

Description

public DirectoryIterator::getType ( ) : string

Determines which file type the current DirectoryIterator item belongs to. One of file, link, or dir.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a string representing the type of the file. May be one of file, link, or dir.

Examples

Example #1 DirectoryIterator::getType() example

<?php$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {    echo $fileinfo->getFilename() . " " . $fileinfo->getType() . "\n";}?>

The above example will output something similar to:

. dir
.. dir
apple.jpg file
banana.jpg file
example.php file
pear.jpg file

See Also

• DirectoryIterator::isDir() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a directory
• DirectoryIterator::isDot() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is '.' or '..'
• DirectoryIterator::isFile() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a regular file
• DirectoryIterator::isLink() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a symbolic link