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DirectoryIterator::isDot

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is '.' or '..'

Description

DirectoryIterator::isDot(): bool

Determines if the current DirectoryIterator item is a directory and either . or ..

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

true if the entry is . or .., otherwise false

Examples

A DirectoryIterator::isDot example

This example will list all files, omitting the . and .. entries.

php
<?php
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {
    if (!$fileinfo->isDot()) {
        echo $fileinfo->getFilename() . "\n";
    }
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output
apple.jpg
banana.jpg
example.php
pears.jpg

See Also

  • DirectoryIterator::getType
  • DirectoryIterator::isDir
  • DirectoryIterator::isFile
  • DirectoryIterator::isLink

Source: reference/spl/directoryiterator/isdot.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)