Overview
KB
Technical FAQ
PHP Manual
CSS2 Manual
HTML Manual
JS Guide
JS Reference
PhpDock Manual
Nu-Coder Manual
PhpExpress Manual
PHP Joomla
Development
Learn PHP
 
<RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator::getChildrenRecursiveDirectoryIterator>
^RecursiveCallbackFilterIteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator::hasChildren

(PHP 5 >= 5.4.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator::hasChildren — Check whether the inner iterator's current element has children

Description

public function RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator::hasChildren(): bool

Returns true if the current element has children, false otherwise.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns true if the current element has children, false otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator::hasChildren() basic usage

<?php

$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator(__DIR__);

// Recursively iterate over XML files
$files = new RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator($dir, function ($current, $key, $iterator) {
    // Allow recursion into directories
    if ($iterator->hasChildren()) {
        return TRUE;
    }
    // Check for XML file
    if (!strcasecmp($current->getExtension(), 'xml')) {
        return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
});

?>

See Also


<RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator::getChildrenRecursiveDirectoryIterator>
^RecursiveCallbackFilterIteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026