fileinode

(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0b1)

fileinode -- Gets file inode

Description

int fileinode (string filename)

Returns the inode number of the file, or FALSE in case of an error.

The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

This function will not work on remote files; the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

Note: This function does not work on Windows systems