SplFileInfo::isFile

    (PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    SplFileInfo::isFile — Tells if the object references a regular file

    Description

    public SplFileInfo::isFile(): bool

    Checks if the file referenced by this SplFileInfo object exists and is a regular file.

    Parameters

    This function has no parameters.

    Return Values

    Returns true if the file exists and is a regular file (not a link), false otherwise.

    Examples

    Example #1 SplFileInfo::isFile() example

    <?php
    $info     = new SplFileInfo(__FILE__);
    var_dump($info->isFile());

    $info = new SplFileInfo(dirname(__FILE__));
    var_dump($info->isFile());
    ?>

    The above example will output something similar to:

    bool(true)
bool(false)

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    dev at mike dot pp dot ua
    5 years ago
    Documentation is a bit misleading.

    SplFileInfo->isFile() and other classes (e.g. DirectoryIterator->isFile()) return TRUE for symlinks of files. Better use getType() method instead, which returns 'link' for symlinks.

    This was reported long time ago - https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72364 , but docs are still not fixed.
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