Description
array
stat ( string filename)
Gathers the statistics of the file named by filename.
Returns an array with the statistics of the file with the
following elements:
device
inode
inode protection mode
number of links
user id of owner
group id owner
device type if inode device *
size in bytes
time of last access
time of last modification
time of last change
blocksize for filesystem I/O *
number of blocks allocated
* - only valid on systems supporting the st_blksize type--other
systems (i.e. Windows) return -1.
Returns FALSE in case of error.
stat() cannot be used on remote files.
The results of this function are cached. See
clearstatcache() for more details.
