lstat
Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0
Gives information about a file or symbolic link.
lstat Function synopsis
lstat(string $filename): array|falseParameters
$filename
Typestring
Path to a file or a symbolic link.
Return value
Typearray|false
See the manual page for stat for information on
the structure of the array that lstat returns.
This function is identical to the stat function
except that if the $filename parameter is a symbolic
link, the status of the symbolic link is returned, not the status of the
file pointed to by the symbolic link.
On failure, false is returned.
Changes to the lstat Function
PHP 8.0
- Return type added:
array|false - Parameter type added for parameter #1 (
$filename):string
- lstat($filename)
+ lstat(string $filename): array|falselstat Function Availability
lstat Function Availability| PHP Version | Availability |
|---|---|
| PHP 8.6Upcoming Release | Yes |
| PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) | Yes |
| PHP 8.4Supported | Yes |
| PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 8.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.3Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.2Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.6Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.5Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.3Unsupported | Yes |