EvStat::attr

(PECL ev >= 0.2.0)

Returns the values most recently detected by Ev

public array EvStat::attr ( void )

Returns array of the values most recently detected by Ev

Returns:

Returns array with the values most recently detect by Ev(without actual stat 'ing):

List for item keys of the array returned by **EvStat::attr()**
Key	Description
`'dev'`	ID of device containing file
`'ino'`	inode number
`'mode'`	protection
`'nlink'`	number of hard links
`'uid'`	user ID of owner
`'size'`	total size, in bytes
`'gid'`	group ID of owner
`'rdev'`	device ID (if special file)
`'blksize'`	blocksize for file system I/O
`'blocks'`	number of 512B blocks allocated
`'atime'`	time of last access
`'ctime'`	time of last status change
`'mtime'`	time of last modification

See stat(2) man page for details.

Examples:

Monitor changes of /var/log/messages

<?php
// Use 10 second update interval.
$w = new EvStat("/var/log/messages", 8, function ($w) {
    echo "/var/log/messages changed\n";

    $attr = $w->attr();

    if ($attr['nlink']) {
        printf("Current size: %ld\n", $attr['size']);
        printf("Current atime: %ld\n", $attr['atime']);
        printf("Current mtime: %ld\n", $attr['mtime']);
    } else {
        fprintf(STDERR, "`messages` file is not there!");
        $w->stop();
    }
});

Ev::run();
?>