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SPL/File

SplFileInfo::getType

SplFileInfo::getType

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7)

SplFileInfo::getType — Gets file type

Description

public string SplFileInfo::getType ( void )

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

← SplFileInfo::getSize

SplFileInfo::isDir →

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