fstat
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Gets information about a file using an open file pointer
Description
fstat(resource $stream): array|false
Gathers the statistics of the file opened by the file pointer stream. This function is similar to the stat() function except that it operates on an open file pointer instead of a filename.
Parameters
streamPointer
Return Values
Returns an array with the statistics of the file; the format of the array is described in detail on the stat() manual page. Returns false on failure.
Examples
fstat() example
php
<?php
// open a file
$fp = fopen("/etc/passwd", "r");
// gather statistics
$fstat = fstat($fp);
// close the file
fclose($fp);
// print only the associative part
print_r(array_slice($fstat, 13));
?>The above example will output something similar to:
output
Array
(
[dev] => 771
[ino] => 488704
[mode] => 33188
[nlink] => 1
[uid] => 0
[gid] => 0
[rdev] => 0
[size] => 1114
[atime] => 1061067181
[mtime] => 1056136526
[ctime] => 1056136526
[blksize] => 4096
[blocks] => 8
)