PHP stat() Function

Example

Get information about a file:

<?php
$stat = stat("test.txt");
echo "Access time: " .$stat["atime"];
echo "<br>Modification time: " .$stat["mtime"];
echo "<br>Device number: " .$stat["dev"];
?>

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Definition and Usage

The stat() function returns information about a file.

Note: The results from this function will differ from server to server. The array may contain the number index, the name index, or both.

Note: The result of this function is cached. Use clearstatcache() to clear the cache.

Syntax

stat( filename)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
filename	Required. Specifies the path to the file

Technical Details

Return Value:	An array with the following 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 (as Unix timestamp) [9] or [mtime] - Last modified (as Unix timestamp) [10] or [ctime] - Last inode change (as Unix timestamp) [11] or [blksize] - Blocksize of filesystem IO (if supported) [12] or [blocks] - Number of blocks allocated It returns an E_WARNING on failure
PHP Version:	4.0+

Return Value:

An array with the following 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 (as Unix timestamp)
[9] or [mtime] - Last modified (as Unix timestamp)
[10] or [ctime] - Last inode change (as Unix timestamp)
[11] or [blksize] - Blocksize of filesystem IO (if supported)
[12] or [blocks] - Number of blocks allocated

It returns an E_WARNING on failure

PHP Version:

4.0+

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