filetype

Gets file type (PHP 4, PHP 5)
string filetype ( string filename )

Example 637. filetype() example

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<?php

echo filetype('/etc/passwd');  // file
echo filetype('/etc/');        // dir

?>

Code Examples / Notes » filetype

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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

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basename
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

filetype

Gets file type (PHP 4, PHP 5) string filetype ( string filename )

Example 637. filetype() example

Code Examples / Notes » filetype

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Gets file type (PHP 4, PHP 5)
string filetype ( string filename )