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# filetype

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

filetype -- Gets file type

## Description

string filetype ( string filename)

Returns the type of the file. Possible values are fifo, char, dir, block, link, file, and unknown.

Returns `FALSE` if an error occurs.

The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

This function will not work on remote files; the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

See also: is_dir(), is_file(), is_link(), file_exists(), and stat().

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