get_resource_type

Returns the resource type (PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)
string get_resource_type ( resource handle )

Example 2585. get_resource_type() example

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<?php
// prints: mysql link
$c = mysql_connect();

echo get_resource_type($c) . "\n";

// prints: file
$fp = fopen("foo", "w");

echo get_resource_type($fp) . "\n";

// prints: domxml document
$doc = new_xmldoc("1.0");

echo get_resource_type($doc->doc) . "\n";
?>

Code Examples / Notes » get_resource_type

jdhawk _at_ gmail

In PHP5 (on Linux), the above example identifies the "file" handler as a 'stream', not 'file'. This can be particularly worrisome if you're trying to determine the type of stream using this function. The alternative is to use <?php stream_get_meta_data() ?>, which returns an array containing "stream_type (string) - a label describing the underlying implementation of the stream."

hessodreamy

Furthermore, this function returns 'stream' on php 4.3 on windows & linux. You if you want to differentiate between a file resource and other stream resources, as stated before stream_get_meta_data() gives you an array which, on my system, contains the following elements which might suggest a file handle: [wrapper_type] => plainfile [stream_type] => STDIO However I've only compared this to a stream from a url, so I include this only as a suggestion.

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get_resource_type

Returns the resource type (PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5) string get_resource_type ( resource handle )

Example 2585. get_resource_type() example

Code Examples / Notes » get_resource_type

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Returns the resource type (PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)
string get_resource_type ( resource handle )