The DirectoryIterator::getType() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to check the type of the current DirectoryIterator item.
Syntax:
string DirectoryIterator::getType( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns a string which represents the type of the file. The type may be one of the file, link, or dir.
Below programs illustrate the DirectoryIterator::getType() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));   // Loop runs while directory is valid while ($directory->valid()) {       // Check it is directory or not     if ($directory->isDir()) {         $file = $directory->current();         echo $file->getFilename() . " | Type: "                . $directory->getType() . "<br>";     }       // Move to the next element of DirectoryIterator     $directory->next(); }   ?> |
Output:
. | Type: dir .. | Type: dir dashboard | Type: dir img | Type: dir webalizer | Type: dir xampp | Type: dir
Program 2:
<?php   // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));   // Loop runs for each element of directory foreach($directory as $dir) {           $file = $directory->current();           echo $dir->key() . " => " .         $file->getFilename() . " | Type: " .         $dir->getType() . "<br>"; }   ?> |
Output:
0 => . | Type: dir 1 => .. | Type: dir 2 => applications.html | Type: file 3 => bitnami.css | Type: file 4 => dashboard | Type: dir 5 => favicon.ico | Type: file 6 => neveropen.PNG | Type: file 7 => gfg.php | Type: file 8 => img | Type: dir 9 => index.php | Type: file 10 => webalizer | Type: dir 11 => xampp | Type: dir
Note: The output of this function depends on the content of server folder.
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/directoryiterator.gettype.php
