DirectoryIterator::isDot

(PHP 5)

DirectoryIterator::isDot — Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is '.' or '..'

Description

public bool DirectoryIterator::isDot ( void )

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

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

TRUE if the entry is . or .., otherwise FALSE

Examples

Example #1 A DirectoryIterator::isDot() example

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

<?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:

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

See Also

• DirectoryIterator::getType() - Determine the type of the current DirectoryIterator item
• DirectoryIterator::isDir() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a directory
• DirectoryIterator::isFile() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a regular file
• DirectoryIterator::isLink() - Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a symbolic link