stream_get_meta_data Retrieves header/meta data from streams/file pointers &reftitle.description; arraystream_get_meta_data resourcestream Returns information about an existing stream. &reftitle.parameters; stream The stream can be any stream created by fopen, fsockopen and pfsockopen. &reftitle.returnvalues; The result array contains the following items: timed_out (bool) - &true; if the stream timed out while waiting for data on the last call to fread or fgets. blocked (bool) - &true; if the stream is in blocking IO mode. See stream_set_blocking. eof (bool) - &true; if the stream has reached end-of-file. Note that for socket streams this member can be &true; even when unread_bytes is non-zero. To determine if there is more data to be read, use feof instead of reading this item. unread_bytes (int) - the number of bytes currently contained in the PHP's own internal buffer. You shouldn't use this value in a script. stream_type (string) - a label describing the underlying implementation of the stream. wrapper_type (string) - a label describing the protocol wrapper implementation layered over the stream. See for more information about wrappers. wrapper_data (mixed) - wrapper specific data attached to this stream. See for more information about wrappers and their wrapper data. mode (string) - the type of access required for this stream (see Table 1 of the fopen() reference) seekable (bool) - whether the current stream can be seeked. uri (string) - the URI/filename associated with this stream. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs.similar; Array ( [0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK [1] => Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) [2] => Last-Modified: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:24:10 GMT [3] => ETag: "b300b4-1b6-4059a80bfd280" [4] => Accept-Ranges: bytes [5] => Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 [6] => Set-Cookie: FOO=BAR; expires=Fri, 21-Dec-2012 12:00:00 GMT; path=/; domain=.example.com [6] => Connection: close [7] => Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT [8] => Age: 1164 [9] => Content-Length: 438 ) [wrapper_type] => http [stream_type] => tcp_socket/ssl [mode] => r [unread_bytes] => 438 [seekable] => [uri] => http://www.example.com/ [timed_out] => [blocked] => 1 [eof] => ) ]]> &reftitle.notes; This function does NOT work on sockets created by the Socket extension. &reftitle.seealso; get_headers $http_response_header