filetype
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Gets file type
Description
filetype(string $filename): string|false
Returns the type of the given file.
Parameters
filenamePath to the file.
Return Values
Returns the type of the file. Possible values are fifo, char, dir, block, link, file, socket and unknown.
Returns false if an error occurs. filetype() will also produce an E_NOTICE message if the stat call fails or if the file type is unknown.
Errors/Exceptions Failure
Examples
filetype() example
php
<?php
echo filetype('/etc/passwd');
echo "\n";
echo filetype('/etc/');
?>The above example will output:
output
file
dir