DirectoryIterator
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DirectoryIterator::isDot

Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is '.' or '..'

Description

public bool DirectoryIterator::isDot()

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
  • DirectoryIterator::isDir
  • DirectoryIterator::isFile
  • DirectoryIterator::isLink