Php fileperms

PHP function fileperms

This function returns permission information about a file or directory.

Syntax fileperms

arg: is a file or directory

fileperms(arg);

Return

There are five digit numbers return:

• first digit: the file is a diectory or file
• second digit:

Note

The result of this function are cached, and use clearstatcache() function to clear the cache.

Example 1

<?php 
       $filename ='myfile1.txt';
       echo fileperms($filename);
       echo "\n";
       echo fileperms('/var/www');
?>

Output

33188
16877

Example 2

<?php 
       $filename ='myfile1.txt';
       $pernumber= fileperms($filename);
       printf("%o",$pernumber & 0777);
       
?>

Output

644

Example 3

Use decoct() function to converts decimal to octal number.

<?php 
       $filename ='myfile1.txt';
       $pernumber= fileperms($filename);
       echo decoct($pernumber);
       
?>

Output

100644

Related Links

• PHP File System Functions
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