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PHP | DirectoryIterator getPerms() Function

The DirectoryIterator::getPerms() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to get the permissions of the current DirectoryIterator item. 

Syntax:

int DirectoryIterator::getPerms( void )

Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters. 

Return Value: This function returns the file permissions as a decimal integer. The below programs illustrate the DirectoryIterator::getPerms() function in PHP.

Program 1: 

php




<?php
 
// Create a directory Iterator
$directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
 
// Loop runs while directory is valid
while ($directory->valid()) {
 
    // If not a dot folder
    if (!$directory->isDot()) {
        $perms = substr(sprintf('%o', $directory->getPerms()), -4);
 
        // Display the filename with permission
        echo $directory->getFilename() . " "
            . " | Permission: " . $perms . "<br>";
    }
    $directory->next();
}
 
?>


Output:

applications.html | Permission: 0666
bitnami.css | Permission: 0666
dashboard | Permission: 0777
favicon.ico | Permission: 0666
neveropen.PNG | Permission: 0666
gfg.php | Permission: 0666
img | Permission: 0777
index.php | Permission: 0666
webalizer | Permission: 0777
xampp | Permission: 0777

Program 2: 

php




<?php
 
// Create a directory Iterator
$directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
 
// Loop runs for each element of directory
foreach($directory as $dir) {
     
    // If not a dot folder
    if (!$dir->isDot()) {
        $perms = substr(sprintf('%o', $dir->getPerms()), -4);
 
        // Display the filename with permission
        echo $dir->getFilename() . " "
                . " | Permission: " . $perms . "<br>";
    }
}
 
?>


Output:

applications.html | Permission: 0666
bitnami.css | Permission: 0666
dashboard | Permission: 0777
favicon.ico | Permission: 0666
neveropen.PNG | Permission: 0666
gfg.php | Permission: 0666
img | Permission: 0777
index.php | Permission: 0666
webalizer | Permission: 0777
xampp | Permission: 0777

Note: The output of this function depends on the content of the server folder. 

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/directoryiterator.getperms.php

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