PHP | SplFileObject fstat() Function

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The SplFileObject::fstat() function is an inbuilt function of Standard PHP Library (SPL) in PHP which is used to give the information of the file.

Syntax:

array SplFileObject::fstat( void )

Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return values: This function returns an array which contains details of the file.

Below Programs illustrate the SplFileObject::fstat() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php 
  
// Create an SplFile Object  
$gfg = new SplFileObject("gfg.txt", "r"); 
  
$stat = $gfg->fstat(); 
  
// Print result 
print_r($stat); 
?> 

Output:

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
)

Program 2: PHP program to give the information of the current file.

<?php 
  
// Create Spl Object  
$gfg = new SplFileObject(__FILE__, "r"); 
  
$stat = $gfg->fstat(); 
  
// Print result 
print_r($stat); 
?> 

Output:

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
)

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.fstat.php