FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 7

Introduction

In this article I describe the PHP FileSystem functions fileinode, filemtime, fileowner and fileperms. To learn some other FileSystem functions, go to:

1. FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 1
2. FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 2
3. FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 3
4. FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 4
5. FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 5
6. FileSystem Function in PHP: PART 6

PHP fileinode() Function

The PHP fileinode function is used to get the inode number of the specified file, in other words it returns the inode number of the file or false on failure.

Syntax

fileinode(filename)

Parameter in fileinode function

The parameter of the function is:

Parameter	Description
filename	It specifies the file to check.

Example

An example of the function is:

<?php
echo fileinode("test.txt");
?>

Output



PHP filemtime() Function

The PHP filemtime function is used to get the file modification time. It returns the time that the file was last modified, or false on failure.

Syntax

filemtime(filename)

Parameter in filemtime function

The parameter of the function is:

Parameter	Description
filename	It specifies the file to check.

Example

An example of the function is:

<?php
$time = time();
echo "current date and times is ".date("m/d/y H:i:s ", $time);
echo "<br>current File Modification Time is ".date("m/d/y H:i:s ", filemtime("test.txt"));
?>

Output



PHP fileowner() Function

The PHP fileowner function is used to get the owner id, in other words it returns the user id of the owner of the file or false on failure.

Syntax

filemtime(filename)

Parameter in fileowner function

The parameter of the function is:

Parameter	Description
filename	It specifies the file to check.

Example

An example of the function is:

<?php
echo fileowner("test.txt");
?>

PHP fileperms() Function

The PHP fileperms function gets the file permission and retunes the file's permission as a numeric mode.

Syntax

filemtime(filename)

Parameter in fileperms function

The parameter of the function is:

Parameter	Description
filename	It specifies the file to check.

Example

An example of the function is:

<?php
$time = time();
echo "current date and times is ".date("m/d/y H:i:s ", $time);
echo "<br>current File Modification Time is ".date("m/d/y H:i:s ", filemtime("test.txt"));
?>

Output