Stream Functions
PHP Manual

stream_get_meta_data

Retrieves header/meta data from streams/file pointers

Description

array stream_get_meta_data(resource $stream)

Returns information about an existing stream.

Parameters

stream

The stream can be any stream created by fopen, fsockopen pfsockopen and stream_socket_client.

Return Values

The result array contains the following items:

  • timed_out (bool) - true if the stream timed out while waiting for data on the last call to fread or fgets.

  • blocked (bool) - true if the stream is in blocking IO mode. See stream_set_blocking.

  • eof (bool) - true if the stream has reached end-of-file. Note that for socket streams this member can be true even when unread_bytes is non-zero. To determine if there is more data to be read, use feof instead of reading this item.

  • unread_bytes (int) - the number of bytes currently contained in the PHP's own internal buffer.

    Note: You shouldn't use this value in a script.

  • stream_type (string) - a label describing the underlying implementation of the stream.

  • wrapper_type (string) - a label describing the protocol wrapper implementation layered over the stream. See Supported Protocols and Wrappers for more information about wrappers.

  • wrapper_data (mixed) - wrapper specific data attached to this stream. See Supported Protocols and Wrappers for more information about wrappers and their wrapper data.

  • mode (string) - the type of access required for this stream (see Table 1 of the fopen() reference)

  • seekable (bool) - whether the current stream can be seeked.

  • uri (string) - the URI/filename associated with this stream.

  • crypto (array) - the TLS connection metadata for this stream. (Note: Only provided when the resource's stream uses TLS.)

Examples

Example #1 stream_get_meta_data example using fopen with http

<?php
$url = 'http://www.example.com/';

if (!$fp = fopen($url, 'r')) {
    trigger_error("Unable to open URL ($url)", E_USER_ERROR);
}

$meta = stream_get_meta_data($fp);

var_dump($meta);

fclose($fp);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

array(10) {
  'timed_out' =>
  bool(false)
  'blocked' =>
  bool(true)
  'eof' =>
  bool(false)
  'wrapper_data' =>
  array(13) {
    [0] =>
    string(15) "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
    [1] =>
    string(11) "Age: 244629"
    [2] =>
    string(29) "Cache-Control: max-age=604800"
    [3] =>
    string(38) "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8"
    [4] =>
    string(35) "Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:17:57 GMT"
    [5] =>
    string(24) "Etag: "3147526947+ident""
    [6] =>
    string(38) "Expires: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:17:57 GMT"
    [7] =>
    string(44) "Last-Modified: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:18:26 GMT"
    [8] =>
    string(22) "Server: ECS (chb/0286)"
    [9] =>
    string(21) "Vary: Accept-Encoding"
    [10] =>
    string(12) "X-Cache: HIT"
    [11] =>
    string(20) "Content-Length: 1256"
    [12] =>
    string(17) "Connection: close"
  }
  'wrapper_type' =>
  string(4) "http"
  'stream_type' =>
  string(14) "tcp_socket/ssl"
  'mode' =>
  string(1) "r"
  'unread_bytes' =>
  int(1256)
  'seekable' =>
  bool(false)
  'uri' =>
  string(23) "http://www.example.com/"
}

Example #2 stream_get_meta_data example using stream_socket_client with https

<?php
$streamContext = stream_context_create(
    [
        'ssl' => [
            'capture_peer_cert' => true,
            'capture_peer_cert_chain' => true,
            'disable_compression' => true,
        ],
    ]
);

$client = stream_socket_client(
    'ssl://www.example.com:443',
    $errorNumber,
    $errorDescription,
    40,
    STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT,
    $streamContext
);


$meta = stream_get_meta_data($client);

var_dump($meta);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

array(8) {
  'crypto' =>
  array(4) {
    'protocol' =>
    string(7) "TLSv1.3"
    'cipher_name' =>
    string(22) "TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384"
    'cipher_bits' =>
    int(256)
    'cipher_version' =>
    string(7) "TLSv1.3"
  }
  'timed_out' =>
  bool(false)
  'blocked' =>
  bool(true)
  'eof' =>
  bool(false)
  'stream_type' =>
  string(14) "tcp_socket/ssl"
  'mode' =>
  string(2) "r+"
  'unread_bytes' =>
  int(0)
  'seekable' =>
  bool(false)
}

Notes

Note:

This function does NOT work on sockets created by the Socket extension.

See Also