Programming PHP

Name

filetype

Synopsis

string filetype(string path)

Returns the type of file given in path. The possible types are:

fifo	The file is a fifo pipe.
char	The file is a text file.
dir	path is a directory.
block	A block reserved for use by the filesystem.
link	The file is a symbolic link.
file	The file contains binary data.
unknown	The file’s type could not be determined.