DirectoryIterator::isWritable

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

DirectoryIterator::isWritableDetermine if current DirectoryIterator item can be written to

Description

public DirectoryIterator::isWritable ( ) : bool

Determines if the current DirectoryIterator item is writable.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns true if the file/directory is writable, otherwise false

Examples

Example #1 DirectoryIterator::isWritable() example

This example lists the files and directories which can be opened for writing in the directory containing the script.

<?php
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {
    if ($fileinfo->isWritable()) {
        echo $fileinfo->getFilename() . "\n";
    }
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

apples.txt
bananas.html
pears

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