Getting File Information

>> Getting information about a given file

RESOURCE ADDED ON SUNDAY 28 MAY 2006, 17:56:11

Category: PHP Code

Language(s): PHP

Description: Getting information about a given file

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<?php

 $file = "yourfilegoeshere.php";

 $fileinfo = stat( $file );

 echo "File name: " . $file . " \t";
 echo "File type: ." . substr( strrchr( $file, "." ), 1 ) . " \n";
 echo "Filesize: " . round( ( $fileinfo[ "size" ] / 1024 ), 1 ) . "k \n"; // size in bytes
 echo "Last accessed: " . date( "H:i:s, d/m/y", $fileinfo[ "atime" ] ) . " \n"; // time of last access (Unix timestamp)
 echo "Last Modified: " . date( "H:i:s, d/m/y", $fileinfo[ "mtime" ] ) . " \n"; // time of last modification (Unix timestamp)

?>

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