Variable handling Functions
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get_resource_id

Returns an integer identifier for the given resource

Description

int get_resource_id(resource $resource)

This function provides a type-safe way for generating the integer identifier for a resource.

Parameters

resource

The evaluated resource handle.

Return Values

The int identifier for the given resource.

This function is essentially an int cast of resource to make it easier to retrieve the resource ID.

Examples

Example #1 get_resource_id produces the same result as an int cast

<?php
$handle = fopen("php://stdout", "w");

echo (int) $handle . "\n";

echo get_resource_id($handle);

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

698
698

See Also

  • get_resource_type