PHP function filetype()

Availability in PHP 4.0

Gets file type

Parameters

Parameter Data type Default value Note
$filename string not Path to the file.

Return values

string

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.

Other resources

Official filetype documentation

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