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filetype
Gets file type
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
Return ValuesReturns the type of the file. Possible values are fifo, char, dir, block, link, file, socket and unknown.
Returns ExamplesExample 637. filetype() example<?php Notes
Note:
The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.
Tip:
As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Appendix O, List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality. Code Examples / Notes » filetyperuach
There are 7 values that can be returned. Here is a list of them and what each one means block: block special device char: character special device dir: directory fifo: FIFO (named pipe) file: regular file link: symbolic link unknown: unknown file type |
Change Languagebasename chgrp chmod chown clearstatcache copy delete dirname disk_free_space disk_total_space diskfreespace fclose feof fflush fgetc fgetcsv fgets fgetss file_exists file_get_contents file_put_contents file fileatime filectime filegroup fileinode filemtime fileowner fileperms filesize filetype flock fnmatch fopen fpassthru fputcsv fputs fread fscanf fseek fstat ftell ftruncate fwrite glob is_dir is_executable is_file is_link is_readable is_uploaded_file is_writable is_writeable lchgrp lchown link linkinfo lstat mkdir move_uploaded_file parse_ini_file pathinfo pclose popen readfile readlink realpath rename rewind rmdir set_file_buffer stat symlink tempnam tmpfile touch umask unlink |