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SplFileInfo::getType

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7)

SplFileInfo::getType — Gets file type

Description

public SplFileInfo::getType ( ) : string

Returns the type of the file referenced.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

A string representing the type of the entry. May be one of file, link, or dir

Errors/Exceptions

Throws a RuntimeException on error.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileInfo::getType() example

<?php$info = new SplFileInfo(__FILE__);echo $info->getType().PHP_EOL;$info = new SplFileInfo(dirname(__FILE__));echo $info->getType();?>

The above example will output something similar to:

file
dir