SplFileInfo::isDir

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SplFileInfo::isDirTells if the file is a directory

Description

public SplFileInfo::isDir(): bool

This method can be used to determine if the file is a directory.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns true if a directory, false otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileInfo::isDir() example

<?php
$d
= new SplFileInfo(dirname(__FILE__));
var_dump($d->isDir());

$d = new SplFileInfo(__FILE__);
var_dump($d->isDir());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

bool(true)
bool(false)

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dev at mike dot pp dot ua
5 years ago
Documentation is a bit misleading.

SplFileInfo->isDir() and other classes (e.g. DirectoryIterator->isDir()) return TRUE for symlinks of directories. Better use getType() method instead, which returns 'link' for symlinks.

This was reported long time ago - https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72364 , but docs are still not fixed.
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