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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 L for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.