# SplFileObject::fstat

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

SplFileObject::fstat — Gets information about the file

### Description

public SplFileObject::fstat ( ) : array

Gathers the statistics of the file. Behaves identically to fstat().

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns an array with the statistics of the file; the format of the array is described in detail on the stat() manual page.

### Examples

Example #1 SplFileObject::fstat() example

`<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("/etc/passwd");
$stat = $file->fstat();
// Print only the associative part
print_r(array_slice($stat, 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
    )

### See Also

- fstat() - Gets information about a file using an open file pointer
- stat() - Gives information about a file