is_dir
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
is_dir — Tells whether the filename is a directory
Description
$filename
) : boolTells whether the given filename is a directory.
Parameters
-
filename
-
Path to the file. If
filename
is a relative filename, it will be checked relative to the current working directory. Iffilename
is a symbolic or hard link then the link will be resolved and checked. If you have enabled safe mode, or open_basedir further restrictions may apply.
Examples
Example #1 is_dir() example
<?php
var_dump(is_dir('a_file.txt'));
var_dump(is_dir('bogus_dir/abc'));
var_dump(is_dir('..')); //one dir up
?>
The above example will output:
bool(false) bool(false) bool(true)
Notes
Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.
As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Supported Protocols and Wrappers to determine which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.
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