fileinode

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

fileinode -- Gets file inode

Description

int fileinode ( string filename )

Returns the inode number of the file, or FALSE in case of an error.

Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

Tip: As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Appendix M for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.

See also stat()