The DirectoryIterator::getType() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to check the type of the current DirectoryIterator item.
Syntax:
string DirectoryIterator::getType( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns a string which represents the type of the file. The type may be one of the file, link, or dir.
Below programs illustrate the DirectoryIterator::getType() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname( __FILE__ ));
// Loop runs while directory is valid while ( $directory ->valid()) {
// Check it is directory or not
if ( $directory ->isDir()) {
$file = $directory ->current();
echo $file ->getFilename() . " | Type: "
. $directory -> getType () . "<br>" ;
}
// Move to the next element of DirectoryIterator
$directory ->next();
} ?> |
Output:
. | Type: dir .. | Type: dir dashboard | Type: dir img | Type: dir webalizer | Type: dir xampp | Type: dir
Program 2:
<?php // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname( __FILE__ ));
// Loop runs for each element of directory foreach ( $directory as $dir ) {
$file = $directory ->current();
echo $dir ->key() . " => " .
$file ->getFilename() . " | Type: " .
$dir -> getType () . "<br>" ;
} ?> |
Output:
0 => . | Type: dir 1 => .. | Type: dir 2 => applications.html | Type: file 3 => bitnami.css | Type: file 4 => dashboard | Type: dir 5 => favicon.ico | Type: file 6 => geeks.PNG | Type: file 7 => gfg.php | Type: file 8 => img | Type: dir 9 => index.php | Type: file 10 => webalizer | Type: dir 11 => xampp | Type: dir
Note: The output of this function depends on the content of server folder.