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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml: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>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <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.no-remote;

 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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