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 Notes
fstat - [2 notes]
broom at alturnanetworks dot com ¶
4 years ago
sheran at comtrust dot co dot ae ¶
12 years ago
On Windows NT the typical array element names for the fstat function are:
dev
ino
mode
nlink
uid
gid
size
atime
mtime
ctime