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Gets file permissions

fileperms

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

fileperms — Gets file permissions

Description

int fileperms ( string $filename )

Gets permissions for the given file.

Parameters

filename

Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns the permissions on the file, or FALSE in case of an error.

Examples

Example #1 Display permissions as an octal value

<?php
echo substr(sprintf('%o'fileperms('/tmp')), -4);
echo 
substr(sprintf('%o'fileperms('/etc/passwd')), -4);
?>

The above example will output:

 
 1777 0644 

Example #2 Display full permissions

<?php
$perms 
fileperms('/etc/passwd');

if ((
$perms 0xC000) == 0xC000) {
    
// Socket
    
$info 's';
} elseif ((
$perms 0xA000) == 0xA000) {
    
// Symbolic Link
    
$info 'l';
} elseif ((
$perms 0x8000) == 0x8000) {
    
// Regular
    
$info '-';
} elseif ((
$perms 0x6000) == 0x6000) {
    
// Block special
    
$info 'b';
} elseif ((
$perms 0x4000) == 0x4000) {
    
// Directory
    
$info 'd';
} elseif ((
$perms 0x2000) == 0x2000) {
    
// Character special
    
$info 'c';
} elseif ((
$perms 0x1000) == 0x1000) {
    
// FIFO pipe
    
$info 'p';
} else {
    
// Unknown
    
$info 'u';
}

// Owner
$info .= (($perms 0x0100) ? 'r' '-');
$info .= (($perms 0x0080) ? 'w' '-');
$info .= (($perms 0x0040) ?
            ((
$perms 0x0800) ? 's' 'x' ) :
            ((
$perms 0x0800) ? 'S' '-'));

// Group
$info .= (($perms 0x0020) ? 'r' '-');
$info .= (($perms 0x0010) ? 'w' '-');
$info .= (($perms 0x0008) ?
            ((
$perms 0x0400) ? 's' 'x' ) :
            ((
$perms 0x0400) ? 'S' '-'));

// World
$info .= (($perms 0x0004) ? 'r' '-');
$info .= (($perms 0x0002) ? 'w' '-');
$info .= (($perms 0x0001) ?
            ((
$perms 0x0200) ? 't' 'x' ) :
            ((
$perms 0x0200) ? 'T' '-'));

echo 
$info;
?>

The above example will output:

 
 -rw-r--r-- 

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.