filegroup
keep in mind that this function is prone to an overflow, and on big filesystems it will return negative values.
fileinode
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
fileinode — Gets file inode
Description
int fileinode
( string $filename
)
Gets the file inode.
Parameters
- filename
-
Path to the file.
Return Values
Returns the inode number of the file, or FALSE in case of an error.
Notes
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 List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.
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meltir at meltir dot com dot nothing
26-Nov-2007 02:02
26-Nov-2007 02:02
pixel20 at wp dot pl
04-Oct-2007 01:48
04-Oct-2007 01:48
Sample function that generates apache 2.2 ETag. Useful for scripts serving images or other cachable data.
$file="example.png";
// Inode
$ETag = dechex(fileinode($file));
// Size
$ETag.= "-".dechex(filesize($file));
// Modification time in useconds & (2^33-1)
$ETag.= "-".dechex(((filemtime($file).str_repeat("0",6)+0) & (8589934591)));
header("ETag: \"$ETag\");
mark nearby techexplained dot com
06-Jan-2005 10:37
06-Jan-2005 10:37
This function, in spite of its name, also works for directories. Most any valid path in the filesystem will generate an inode value.