ssh2_sftp_lstat

(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)

ssh2_sftp_lstatStat a symbolic link

Description

ssh2_sftp_lstat ( resource $sftp , string $path ) : array

Stats a symbolic link on the remote filesystem without following the link.

This function is similar to using the lstat() function with the ssh2.sftp:// wrapper in PHP 5 and returns the same values.

Parameters

sftp

An SSH2 SFTP resource opened by ssh2_sftp().

path

Path to the remote symbolic link.

Return Values

See the documentation for stat() for details on the values which may be returned.

Examples

Example #1 Stating a symbolic link via SFTP

<?php
$connection 
ssh2_connect('shell.example.com'22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection'username''password');

$sftp ssh2_sftp($connection);
$statinfo ssh2_sftp_lstat($sftp'/path/to/symlink');

$filesize $statinfo['size'];
$group $statinfo['gid'];
$owner $statinfo['uid'];
$atime $statinfo['atime'];
$mtime $statinfo['mtime'];
$mode $statinfo['mode'];
?>

See Also

  • ssh2_sftp_stat() - Stat a file on a remote filesystem
  • lstat() - Gives information about a file or symbolic link
  • stat() - Gives information about a file