fseek
Another ftp_get_contents() approach, using a temperary stream handler. Returns file contents of remote file as string.
<?php
function ftp_get_contents ($conn_id, $remote_filename) {
//Create temp handler:
$tempHandle = fopen('php://temp', 'r+');
//Get file from FTP assuming that it exists:
ftp_fget($conn_id, $tempHandle, $remote_filename, FTP_ASCII, 0));
//Getting detailed stats to check filesize:
$fstats = fstat($tempHandle);
return fread($tempHandle, $fstats['size']);
}
?>
(It is recommended to add some error handling)
fstat
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
fstat — Gets information about a file using an open file pointer
Description
array fstat
( resource $handle
)
Gathers the statistics of the file opened by the file pointer handle . This function is similar to the stat() function except that it operates on an open file pointer instead of a filename.
Return Values
Returns an array with the statistics of the file; the format of the array is described in detail on the stat() manual page.
Examples
Example #1 fstat() example
<?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));
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
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
)
Notes
Note: This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.
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User Contributed Notesfstat
broom at alturnanetworks dot com
03-Oct-2008 07:21
03-Oct-2008 07:21
sheran at comtrust dot co dot ae
22-Feb-2001 10:14
22-Feb-2001 10:14
On Windows NT the typical array element names for the fstat function are:
dev
ino
mode
nlink
uid
gid
size
atime
mtime
ctime