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  <refentry id="function.fstat">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>fstat</refname>
    <refpurpose>Gets information about a file using an open file pointer</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>array</type><methodname>fstat</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Gathers the statistics of the file opened by the file
     pointer <parameter>handle</parameter>. This function is similar to the
     <function>stat</function> function except that it operates
     on an open file pointer instead of a filename.
    </para>
    <para>
     Returns an array with the statistics of the file; the format of the array
     is described in detail on the <function>stat</function> manual page.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>fstat</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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));

?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
      <para>
       this will output :
      </para>
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
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
)
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    
    &note.clearstatcache;
    
    &note.no-remote;

   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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