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.
    
     Returns an array with the statistics of the file; the format of the array
     is described in detail on the stat() manual page.
    
     
| 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
) | 
 | 
    Note: This function will not work on 
remote files as the file to
be examined must be accessible via the servers filesystem.