DirectoryIterator::getType

(PHP 5, PHP 7)
Determine the type of the current DirectoryIterator item
public string DirectoryIterator::getType ( void )

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

Returns:

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

Examples:
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() -

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2016-02-24 16:19:48
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