Tells whether the filename is a directory glob is_executable Filesystem Functions PHP Manual is_dir (PHP 4, PHP 5)is_dir — Tells whether the filename is a directory Description bool is_dir ( string $filename ) Tells whether the given filename is a directory. Parameters filename Path to the file. If filename is a relative filename, it will be checked relative to the current working directory. Return Values Returns TRUE if the filename exists and is a directory, FALSE otherwise. Examples Example #1 is_dir() example <?phpvar_dump(is_dir('a_file.txt'));var_dump(is_dir('bogus_dir/abc'));var_dump(is_dir('..')); //one dir up?> The above example will output: bool(false) bool(false) bool(true) Notes Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details. TipAs of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality. See Also chdir() dir opendir() is_file() is_link() glob is_executable Filesystem Functions PHP Manual