Bug #14511 Updated: Fstat doesnt work with URLs (http)

ID: 14511 Updated by: daniel Reported By: mikael@lirbank.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: URL related Operating System: RH7 Apache1.3.22 PHP Version: 4.1.0 New Comment: Because it isn't /supposed/ to work remotely - actually it's technically impossible to get this information via HTTP. That's why it's funny :) You should make a suggestion to the PHP-Doc team though, to clarify this out in the manual. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-14 06:17:19] mikael@lirbank.com Thanks alot, mfischer, that whas the answer I was looking for (atleast now I know). I've been asking tons of people about this and no one realy seems to know. but now it's sorted out. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-14 06:09:18] mfischer@php.net fstat() only works for local file systems ;) I will never work on remote files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-14 05:52:25] mikael@lirbank.com What is the fun part? /M ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-14 05:48:55] sterling@php.net LOL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-14 05:42:19] mikael@lirbank.com I tried to use FSTAT to get file info about a remote file. If I point to a local file it works but not on URLs (http). I believed this was the differendce between FSTAT and STAT (that FSTAT uses file pointers, which in it's turn supports URLs), otherwise (as I can see it) there is no actual difference between them. My installation is a pretty basic RH/Apache/PHP/MySQL set up. Static, not DOA. Example: <?php $xml_file = "http://cws.huginonline.com/S/130062/scor.html"; //$xml_file = "scor.htm"; $fp = fopen( $xml_file, "r" ); $array_fileinfo = fstat ( $fp ); print( "ROWS:" . count( $array_fileinfo ) . "\n" ); print_r( $array_fileinfo ); fclose( $fp ); ?> Above is a not working example, if you change the $xml_file to the local file (commented) it will work as expected. Thanks for a GREAT scripting language! /Mikael Lirbank ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14511&edit=1