Note that this function returns the file type (e.g. "file", "dir", etc.) and not the MIME type. To do that, you might want to use this:
<?php
for
(
$dir = new DirectoryIterator('/some/directory');
$dir->valid();
$dir->next()
)
{
$mime = mime_content_type($dir->getPathname());
}
?>
DirectoryIterator::getType
(PHP 5)
DirectoryIterator::getType — Determine the type of the current DirectoryIterator item
Description
public string DirectoryIterator::getType ( void )
Determines which file type the current DirectoryIterator item belongs to. One of file, link, or dir.
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns a string representing the type of the file. May be one of file, link, or dir.
Examples
Example #1 DirectoryIterator::getType() example
<?php
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {
echo $fileinfo->getFilename() . " " . $fileinfo->getType() . "\n";
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
. dir .. dir apple.jpg file banana.jpg file example.php file pear.jpg file
See Also
- DirectoryIterator::isDir - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a directory
- DirectoryIterator::isDot - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is '.' or '..'
- DirectoryIterator::isFile - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a regular file
- DirectoryIterator::isLink - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a symbolic link
User Contributed Notes
DirectoryIterator::getType
DirectoryIterator::getType
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