DirectoryIterator
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DirectoryIterator::getType

Determine the type of the current DirectoryIterator item

Description

public string DirectoryIterator::getType ( void )

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
  • DirectoryIterator::isDot
  • DirectoryIterator::isFile
  • DirectoryIterator::isLink