Furthermore, this function returns 'stream' on php 4.3 on windows & linux.
You if you want to differentiate between a file resource and other stream resources, as stated before stream_get_meta_data() gives you an array which, on my system, contains the following elements which might suggest a file handle:
[wrapper_type] => plainfile
[stream_type] => STDIO
However I've only compared this to a stream from a url, so I include this only as a suggestion.
get_resource_type
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)
get_resource_type — Devuelve el tipo de recurso
Descripción
string get_resource_type
( resource $gestor
)
Esta función obtiene el tipo del recurso dado.
Lista de parámetros
- gestor
-
El gestor de recurso evaluado.
Valores retornados
Si el gestor dado es un recurso, esta función devolverá una cadena que representa su tipo. Si el tipo no es identificado por esta función, el valor devuelto será la cadena Unknown.
Esta función devolverá FALSE y genera un error si gestor no es un valor de tipo resource.
Ejemplos
Example #1 Ejemplo de get_resource_type()
<?php
// imprime: mysql link
$c = mysql_connect();
echo get_resource_type($c) . "\n";
// imprime: file
$da = fopen("foo", "w");
echo get_resource_type($da) . "\n";
// imprime: domxml document
$doc = new_xmldoc("1.0");
echo get_resource_type($doc->doc) . "\n";
?>
get_resource_type
hessodreamy at gmail dot com
29-May-2007 04:07
29-May-2007 04:07
jdhawk _at_ gmail
05-Oct-2005 01:18
05-Oct-2005 01:18
In PHP5 (on Linux), the above example identifies the "file" handler as a 'stream', not 'file'.
This can be particularly worrisome if you're trying to determine the type of stream using this function.
The alternative is to use <?php stream_get_meta_data() ?>, which returns an array containing "stream_type (string) - a label describing the underlying implementation of the stream."
