# fstat

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

fstat — Gets information about a file using an open file pointer

### Description

fstat ( resource `$handle` ) : array

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.

### Parameters

`handle`

  A file system pointer resource that is typically created using fopen().

### 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.