fstat() function in PHP


The fstat() function returns information about an open file.

It returns an array with the below given elements −

  • [0] or [dev] - Device number
  • [1] or [ino] - Inode number
  • [2] or [mode] - Inode protection mode
  • [3] or [nlink] - Number of links
  • [4] or [uid] - User ID of owner
  • [5] or [gid] - Group ID of owner
  • [6] or [rdev] - Inode device type
  • [7] or [size] - Size in bytes
  • [8] or [atime] - Last access time as Unix timestamp
  • [9] or [mtime] - Last modified time as Unix timestamp
  • [10] or [ctime] - Last inode change time as Unix timestamp
  • [11] or [blksize] - Blocksize of filesystem IO
  • [12] or [blocks] - Number of blocks allocated

Syntax

fstat(file_pointer)

Parameters

  • file_pointer − A file pointer created using fopen(). Required.

Return

The fstat() function returns an array with the elements we saw above.

Example

<?php
   $file_pointer = fopen("one.txt", "r");
   print_r(fstat($file_pointer));
   fclose($file_pointer);
?>

The following is the output that shows the elements.

Output

Array
(
[0] => 0
[1] => 0
[2] => 33206
[3] => 1
[4] => 0
[5] => 0
[6] => 0
[7] => 120
[8] => 1928173529
[9] => 1124185875
[10] => 1114322653
[11] => -1
[12] => -1
[dev] => 0
[ino] => 0
[mode] => 33206
[nlink] => 1
[uid] => 0
[gid] => 0
[rdev] => 0
[size] => 120
[atime] => 1928173529
[mtime] => 1124185875
[ctime] => 1114322653
[blksize] => -1
[blocks] => -1
)

Samual Sam
Samual Sam

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Updated on: 24-Jun-2020

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