lstat
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
lstat — Gives information about a file or symbolic link
Description
array lstat
( string $filename
)
Parameters
-
filename
-
Path to a file or a symbolic link.
Return Values
See the manual page for stat() for information on
the structure of the array that lstat() returns.
This function is identical to the stat() function
except that if the filename
parameter is a symbolic
link, the status of the symbolic link is returned, not the status of the
file pointed to by the symbolic link.
Examples
Example #1 Comparison of stat() and lstat()
<?php
symlink('uploads.php', 'uploads');
// Contrast information for uploads.php and uploads
array_diff(stat('uploads'), lstat('uploads'));
?>
The above example will output
something similar to:
Information that differs between the two files.
Array
(
[ino] => 97236376
[mode] => 33188
[size] => 34
[atime] => 1223580003
[mtime] => 1223581848
[ctime] => 1223581848
[blocks] => 8
)
Errors/Exceptions
Upon failure, an E_WARNING
is emitted.
Notes
Note: The results of this
function are cached. See clearstatcache() for
more details.
See Also
- stat() - Gives information about a file