DirectoryIterator::isDot

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

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

Description

public DirectoryIterator::isDot(): bool

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()