SplFileObject::getFlags

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

Gets flags for the SplFileObject

public int SplFileObject::getFlags ( void )

Gets the flags set for an instance of SplFileObject as an integer.

Returns:

Returns an integer representing the flags.

Examples:

SplFileObject::getFlags() example

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject(__FILE__, "r");
 
if ($file->getFlags() & SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY) {
    echo "Skipping empty lines\n";
} else {
    echo "Not skipping empty lines\n";
}
 
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY);
 
if ($file->getFlags() & SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY) {
    echo "Skipping empty lines\n";
} else {
    echo "Not skipping empty lines\n";
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Not skipping empty lines
Skipping empty lines