PHP 7.0.6 Released

    fstat

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

    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.

    Parameters

    handle

    A file system pointer resource that is typically created using fopen().

    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.

    Examples

    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
)

    Notes

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

    User Contributed Notes

    broom at alturnanetworks dot com
    7 years ago
    Another ftp_get_contents() approach, using a temperary stream handler. Returns file contents of remote file as string.

    <?php
    function ftp_get_contents ($conn_id, $remote_filename) {
            //Create temp handler:
            $tempHandle = fopen('php://temp', 'r+');

            //Get file from FTP assuming that it exists:
            ftp_fget($conn_id, $tempHandle, $remote_filename, FTP_ASCII, 0));

            //Getting detailed stats to check filesize:
            $fstats = fstat($tempHandle);

        return     fread($tempHandle, $fstats['size']);
    }
    ?>

    (It is recommended to add some error handling)
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