Php lstat

PHP function lstat

This function returns information about a symbolic link or a file.

Syntax lstat

file is a file name or a symbolic link.

lstat(file);

Note

In linux, you can use the stat() command to check and get information about a particular file or symbolic link.

Example 1

<?php 
  $link = 'glob3i.html';
  lchgrp($link,1003); // change to 1003
  $lstat = lstat($link); // information
  print_r(array_slice($lstat, 13));   // display only the associative array

?>

Output

Array
(
    [dev] => 2049
    [ino] => 213212
    [mode] => 41471
    [nlink] => 1
    [uid] => 0
    [gid] => 1003
    [rdev] => 0
    [size] => 8
    [atime] => 1339363406
    [mtime] => 1339363323
    [ctime] => 1339363406
    [blksize] => 4096
    [blocks] => 0
)

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