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stat

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

stat — Da información acerca de un fichero

Descripción

array stat ( string $filename )

Reúne la estadísticas del fichero nombrado por filename. Si filename es un enlace simbólico, las estadísticas son las del fichero mismo, no las del enlace simbólico.

lstat() es idéntica a stat() excepto que está basada en el estado de los enlaces simbólicos.

Parámetros

filename: Ruta del fichero.

Valores devueltos

**Formato del resultado de **stat()** y fstat()**
Numérico	Asociativo (desde PHP 4.0.6)	Descripción
0	dev	número de dispositivo
1	ino	número de i-nodo *
2	mode	modo de protección del i-nodo
3	nlink	número de enlaces
4	uid	ID de usuario del propietario *
5	gid	ID de grupo del propietario *
6	rdev	tipo de dispositivo, si es un dispositivo i-nodo
7	size	tamaño en bytes
8	atime	momento del último acceso (tiempo Unix)
9	mtime	momento de la última modificación (tiempo Unix)
10	ctime	momento de la última modificación del i-nodo (tiempo Unix)
11	blksize	tamaño del bloque E/S del sistema de ficheros **
12	blocks	número de bloques de 512 bytes asignados **

* en Windows esto siempre será 0.

** Sólo válido para sistemas que soportan el tipo st_blksize type - otros sistemas (p.ej. Windows) devuelven -1.

En caso de que se produzca un error, stat() devuelve FALSE.

Nota: Debido a que el tipo ingeger de PHP es con signo y muchas plataformas usan enteros de 32bit, algunas funciones de sistema de ficheros pueden devolver resultados inesperados para ficheros que son mayores de 2GB.

Errores/Excepciones

Si falla, se emite un E_WARNING.

Historial de cambios

Versión	Descripción
4.0.6	Además de la devolución de estos atributos en una matriz numérica, se puede acceder a ellos con índices asociativos, como se anotó al lado de cada parámetro

Ejemplos

Ejemplo #1 Ejemplo de stat()


<?php
/* Obtener las estadísticas de un fichero */
$estadísticas = stat('C:\php\php.exe');

/*
 * Imprime el momento de acceso del fichero,
 * esto es lo mismo que llamar a fileatime()
 */
echo 'Momento de acceso: ' . $estadísticas['atime'];

/*
 * Imprime el momento de modificación del fichero,
 * esto es lo mismo que llamar a filemtime()
 */
echo 'Momento de modificación: ' . $estadísticas['mtime'];

/* Imprime el número de dispositivo */
echo 'Número de dispositivo: ' . $estadísticas['dev'];
?>

Ejemplo #2 Usar la información de stat() junto con touch()


<?php
/* Obtener las estadísticas del fichero */
$estadísticas = @stat('C:\php\php.exe');

/* ¿Falló al obtener la información de stat? */
if(!$estadísticas) {
    echo 'La llamada a stat() falló...';
} else {
    /*
     * Queremos que el tiempo de acceso sea 1 semana
     * después que el tiempo de acceso actual.
     */
    $atime = $estadísticas['atime'] + 604800;

    /* Afectar el fichero */
    if(!@touch('fichero.txt', time(), $atime)) {
        echo 'Falló al afectar el fichero...';
    } else {
        echo 'touch() devolvió con éxito...';
    }
}
?>

Notas

Nota:
Observe que el tiempo de resolución quizá varia según el sistema de ficheros.

Nota: Los resultados de esta función son guardados en caché. Para más información ver clearstatcache().

Sugerencia

Desde PHP 5.0.0, esta función también puede usarse con algunos URL wrappers. Consultar Protocolos y Envolturas soportados para deter4minar qué envolturas soportan la familia de funcionalidad de stat().

Ver también

lstat() - Da información acerca de un archivo o enlace simbólico
fstat() - Obtiene información acerca de un archivo usando un puntero al archivo abierto
filemtime() - Obtiene el momento de la última modificación de un archivo
filegroup() - Obtiene el grupo de un archivo

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[edit] Last updated: Fri, 17 May 2013

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digitalaudiorock at hotmail dot com ¶

4 years ago


Regarding the stat() on files larger than 2GB on 32 bit systems not working, note that the behavior appears to differ between Linux and Windows.  Under Windows there's so way to know whether or not this failed.



It's been my experience that under Linux, performing a stat() on files that are too large for the integer size generates a warning and returns false.  However under Windows it silently truncates the high order bits of the size resulting in an incorrect number.  The only way you'd ever know it failed is in the event that the truncation happened to leave the sign bit on resulting in a negative size.  That is, there is _no_ reliable way to know it failed.



This is true of filesize() as well.



Tom

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salisbm at hotmail dot com ¶

9 years ago


I was curious how I could tell if a file was a directory... so I found on http://www.hmug.org/man/2/stat.html the following information about the mode bits:

#define S_IFMT 0170000           /* type of file */

#define        S_IFIFO  0010000  /* named pipe (fifo) */

#define        S_IFCHR  0020000  /* character special */

#define        S_IFDIR  0040000  /* directory */

#define        S_IFBLK  0060000  /* block special */

#define        S_IFREG  0100000  /* regular */

#define        S_IFLNK  0120000  /* symbolic link */

#define        S_IFSOCK 0140000  /* socket */

#define        S_IFWHT  0160000  /* whiteout */

#define S_ISUID 0004000  /* set user id on execution */

#define S_ISGID 0002000  /* set group id on execution */

#define S_ISVTX 0001000  /* save swapped text even after use */

#define S_IRUSR 0000400  /* read permission, owner */

#define S_IWUSR 0000200  /* write permission, owner */

#define S_IXUSR 0000100  /* execute/search permission, owner */



Note that these numbers are in octal format.  Then, to check to see if the file is a directory, after calling fstat, I do:



if ($fstats[mode] & 040000)

  ... this must be a directory

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webmaster at askapache dot com ¶

4 years ago

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JulieC ¶

6 years ago


The dir_size function provided by "marting.dc AT gmail.com" works great, except the $mas variable is not initialized.  Add:



   $mas = 0;



before the while() loop.

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marting.dc AT gmail.com ¶

7 years ago


If you want to know a directory size, this function will help you:





<?php


function dir_size($dir)


{


    $handle = opendir($dir);


    


    while ($file = readdir($handle)) {


        if ($file != '..' && $file != '.' && !is_dir($dir.'/'.$file)) {


            $mas += filesize($dir.'/'.$file);


            } else if (is_dir($dir.'/'.$file) && $file != '..' && $file != '.') {


            $mas += dir_size($dir.'/'.$file);


        }


    }


    return $mas;


}


echo dir_size('DIRECTORIO').' Bytes';


?>

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svend at svendtofte dot com ¶

8 years ago


To the note of how you can figure out if a file is a folder or not, there is also the handy "is_dir" function.

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mail4rico at gmail dot com ¶

5 years ago


In response to the note whose first line is:

Re note posted by "admin at smitelli dot com"



I believe you have the conversion backwards. You should add an hour to filemtime if the system is in DST and the file is not. Conversely, you should subtract an hour if the file time is DST and the current OS time is not.



Here's a simplified, corrected version:

<?php

    function getmodtime($file) { //returns the time a file was modified.

        $mtime = filemtime($file);

        //date('I') returns 1 if DST is on and 0 if off.

        $diff = date('I')-date('I', $mtime);

        //diff =  0 if file-time and os-time are both in the same DST setting

        //diff =  1 if os is DST and file is not

        //diff = -1 if file is DST and os is not

        return $mtime + $diff*3600;

    }

?>

Here's a test:

<?php

    //create two dummy files:

    $file0 = 'file1.txt';

    $file1 = 'file2.txt';

    file_put_contents($file0, '');

    file_put_contents($file1, '');

    

    $time0=strtotime('Jan 1 2008 10:00'); echo 'Date0 (ST): ' . date(DATE_COOKIE, $time0)."\n";

    $time1=strtotime('Aug 1 2008 10:00'); echo 'Date1 (DT): ' . date(DATE_COOKIE, $time1)."\n";

    touch($file0, $time0); //set file0 to Winter (Non-DST)

    touch($file1, $time1); //set file1 to Summer (DST)

    

    $ftime0 = filemtime($file0);

    $ftime1 = filemtime($file1);

    echo "\nUncorrected: \n";

    echo 'File 0: ' . ($ftime0-$time0) ."\n";

    echo 'File 1: ' . ($ftime1-$time1) ."\n";

    //if your system adjusts for DST, then _one_ of the above should be 3600 or -3600, depending on the time of year

    

    $ftime0 = getmodtime($file0); //use filemtime correction

    $ftime1 = getmodtime($file1); //use filemtime correction

    echo "\nCorrected: \n";

    echo 'File 0: ' . ($ftime0-$time0) ."\n";

    echo 'File 1: ' . ($ftime1-$time1) ."\n";

    //both of the corrected values output should be 0.

?>



Output:

------------------------------

(when run in summer)

------------------------------

Date0 (ST): Tuesday, 01-Jan-08 10:00:00 EST

Date1 (DT): Friday, 01-Aug-08 10:00:00 EDT



Uncorrected: 

File 0: -3600

File 1: 0



Corrected: 

File 0: 0

File 1: 0

------------------------------

(when run in winter--dates omitted)

------------------------------

Uncorrected: 

File 0: 0

File 1: 3600



Corrected: 

File 0: 0

File 1: 0



In response to Re note posted by "admin at smitelli dot com",  your version below gives the following output when substituted into my test:

------------------------------

(when run in summer--dates omitted)

------------------------------

Uncorrected: 

File 0: -3600

File 1: 0



Corrected: 

File 0: -7200

File 1: 0

------------------------------

You can see that the operation is the opposite of what it should be.

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com dot gmail at algofoogle ¶

7 years ago


Re note posted by "salisbm at hotmail dot com":



S_IFDIR is not a single-bit flag. It is a constant that relies on the "S_IFMT" bitmask. This bitmask should be applied to the "mode" parameter before comparing with any of the other "S_IF..." constants, as indicated by stat.h:



#define S_ISDIR(m)  (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)



That is, this approach is incorrect:



<?php

define('S_IFDIR',040000);

if ($mode & S_IFDIR)

{

  /*

    incorrect!

    format could be S_IFDIR, but also

    S_IFBLK, S_IFSOCK, or S_IFWHT.

  */

}

?>



...and should instead be:



<?php

define('S_IFMT',0170000);

define('S_IFDIR',040000);

if (S_IFDIR == ($mode & S_IFMT)) {  /* ... */  }

?>



As pointed out by "svend at svendtofte dot com", however, there is also the "is_dir" function for this purpose, along with "is_file" and "is_link" to cover the most common format types...

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piranha-php dot net at thoughtcrime dot us ¶

6 years ago


stat() returns a file's _status_, not its _statistics_.  "Statistics" implies information interpreted from the data of several files, not concrete meaning from a single file.  Both Linux and POSIX manual pages for stat() list the name as "stat - get file status," and do not mention the word "statistic" anywhere.

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antonixyz at gmx dot net ¶

4 years ago


<?php


$stat = stat($filepath);


$mode = $stat[2];


?>


is identical to:


<?php $mode = fileperms($filepath); ?>





at least on my linux box.

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sh at advisa dot fr ¶

5 years ago


Another possibility to get the whole dir size, using "du" on Linux



$size = exec("du -sm /your/path | awk '{print $1}'");

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Hellhound ¶

5 years ago


To ignore index number or name specifics.. use:



list($dev, $ino, $mode, $nlink, $uid, $gid, $rdev, $size, $atime, $mtime, $ctime, $blksize, $blocks)

         = lstat($directory_element);

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hugues dot larrive at gmail dot com ¶

6 years ago


salisbm at hotmail dot com said :


(...)to see if the file is a directory, after calling fstat, I do:


if ($fstats[mode] & 040000)


  ... this must be a directory





Then I say no no no no... it can be a directory or a named pipe, or a block spécial ...





The good code for this thing is :





<?php


if(($fstat['mode'] & 0170000) == 040000) echo "Be sure it is a directory !";


?>





Sorry for very ugly english ;)


@+

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Anonymous ¶

7 years ago


Re note posted by "admin at smitelli dot com"



I'm not sure how that can work all year round since you have to modify both opposing inside and outside DST based on the actual files themselves, as well as the current DST setting for the system.



e.g. using filemtime, same thing for stat.



<?php



$mtime = filemtime($file);



if (date('I') == 1) {

    // Win DST is enabled, adjust standard time 

    // files back to 'real' file UTC.

    if (date('I', $mtime) == 0) {

        $mtime -= 3600;

    }

} else {

    // Win DST is disabled, adjust daylight time 

    // files forward to 'real' file UTC.

    if (date('I', $mtime) == 1) {

        $mtime += 3600;

    }

}



echo gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', $mtime);



?>



Just another example of why 'not' to use windows in a server room.

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admin at smitelli dot com ¶

7 years ago


There's an important (yet little-known) problem with file dates on Windows and Daylight Savings. This affects the 'atime' and 'mtime' elements returned by stat(), and it also affects other filesystem-related functions such as fileatime() and filemtime().



During the winter months (when Daylight Savings isn't in effect), Windows will report a certain timestamp for a given file. However, when summer comes and Daylight Savings starts, Windows will report a DIFFERENT timestamp! Even if the file hasn't been altered at all, Windows will shift every timestamp it reads forward one full hour during Daylight Savings.



This all stems from the fact that M$ decided to use a hackneyed method of tracking file dates to make sure there are no ambiguous times during the "repeated hour" when DST ends in October, maintain compatibility with older FAT partitions, etc. An excellent description of what/why this is can be found at http://www.codeproject.com/datetime/dstbugs.asp



This is noteworthy because *nix platforms don't have this problem. This could introduce some hard-to-track bugs if you're trying to move scripts that track file timestamps between platforms.



I spent a fair amount of time trying to debug one of my own scripts that was suffering from this problem. I was storing file modification times in a MySQL table, then using that information to see which files had been altered since the last run of the script. After each Daylight Savings change, every single file the script saw was considered "changed" since the last run, since all the timestamps were off by +/- 3600 seconds.



This one-liner is probably one of the most incorrect fixes that could ever be devised, but it's worked flawlessly in production-grade environments... Assuming $file_date is a Unix timestamp you've just read from a file:



<?php

    if (date('I') == 1) $file_date -= 3600;

?>



That will ensure that the timestamp you're working with is always consistently reported, regardless of whether the machine is in Daylight Savings or not.

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mao at nospam dot com ¶

7 years ago


If you have ftp (and the related sftp) protocols disabled on your remote server, it can be hard figuring out how to 'stat' a remote file. The following works for me:



<?php  



$conn = ssh2_connect($host, 22);

ssh2_auth_password($conn, $user, $password);

$stream = ssh2_exec($conn, "stat $fileName > $remotedest");

ssh2_scp_recv($conn, $remotedest, $localdest);

$farray = file($localdest);

print_r($farray);

?>

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Anonymous ¶

8 years ago


If the 2GB limit is driving you crazy, you can use this complete hack.  use in place of filesize()



function file_size($file) {

  $size = filesize($file);

  if ( $size == 0)

    $size = exec("ls -l $file | awk '{print $5}'");

  return $size;

}

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ian at eiloart dot com ¶

13 years ago


Here's what the UNIX man page on stat has to say about the difference between a file change and  a file modification:





st_mtime  Time when data was last modified.  Changed by  the following  functions:   creat(),  mknod(), pipe(), utime(), and write(2).





st_ctime  Time when file status was last  changed.   Changed by  the  following  functions: chmod(), chown(), creat(), link(2), mknod(), pipe(), unlink(2), utime(), and write().





So a modification is a change in the data, whereas a change also happens if you modify file permissions and so on.

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mpb dot mail at gmail dot com ¶

7 years ago


If you are working with files larger than 2GB (and PHP's integer type is only 32 bits on your system) then you can try the following to get floating point sizes:



On FreeBSD:



$size = (float) exec ('stat -f %z '. escapeshellarg ($path));



On Linux:



$size = (float) exec ('stat -c %s '. escapeshellarg ($path));



(The other example that uses "ls" and "awk" does not properly escape the filename, but should work otherwise.)

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guillermo martinez ¶

8 years ago


stat() and SELinux,



You can have troubles to use the stat() function if the SELinux is enabled, so check the SELinux documentation or turn it off.

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