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<h1 class="refname">DirectoryIterator::getType</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DirectoryIterator::getType</span> — <span class="dc-title">Determine the type of the current DirectoryIterator item</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DirectoryIterator::getType</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Determines which file type the current <a href="class.directoryiterator.html" class="classname">DirectoryIterator</a>
item belongs to. One of <em>file</em>, <em>link</em>,
or <em>dir</em>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-directoryiterator.gettype-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> representing the type of the file.
May be one of <em>file</em>, <em>link</em>,
or <em>dir</em>.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>DirectoryIterator::getType()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$iterator </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DirectoryIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">dirname</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">__FILE__</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$iterator </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fileinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fileinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getFilename</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fileinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getType</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
. dir
.. dir
apple.jpg file
banana.jpg file
example.php file
pear.jpg file
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-directoryiterator.gettype-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="directoryiterator.isdir.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DirectoryIterator::isDir()</a> - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a directory</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="directoryiterator.isdot.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DirectoryIterator::isDot()</a> - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is '.' or '..'</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="directoryiterator.isfile.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DirectoryIterator::isFile()</a> - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a regular file</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="directoryiterator.islink.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DirectoryIterator::isLink()</a> - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a symbolic link</span></li>
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