(PHP 5, PHP 7)
DirectoryIterator::isLink — Determine if current DirectoryIterator item is a symbolic link
public DirectoryIterator::isLink ( ) : bool
Determines if the current DirectoryIterator item is a symbolic link.
This function has no parameters.
Returns true
if the item is a symbolic link, otherwise false
Example #1 A DirectoryIterator::isLink() example
This example contains a recursive function for removing a directory tree.
<?php /** * This function will recursively delete all files in the given path, without * following symlinks. * * @param string $path Path to the directory to remove. */ function removeDir($path) { $dir = new DirectoryIterator($path); foreach ($dir as $fileinfo) { if ($fileinfo->isFile() || $fileinfo->isLink()) { unlink($fileinfo->getPathName()); } elseif (!$fileinfo->isDot() && $fileinfo->isDir()) { removeDir($fileinfo->getPathName()); } } rmdir($path); } removeDir('foo'); ?>
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