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# fstat

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

fstat -- Gets information about a file using an open file pointer

## Description

array fstat ( resource handle )

Gathers the statistics of the file opened by the file pointer `handle`. This function is similar to the stat() function except that it operates on an open file pointer instead of a filename.

Returns an array with the statistics of the file; the format of the array is described in detail on the stat() manual page.

Example 1. fstat() example

`<?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:

    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
    )

> Note: This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the servers filesystem.

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