fsync
(PHP 8 >= 8.1.0)
fsync — Synchronizes changes to the file (including meta-data)
Description
$stream
): boolThis function synchronizes changes to the file, including its meta-data. This is similar to fflush(), but it also instructs the operating system to write to the storage media.
Parameters
-
stream
-
The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen() (and not yet closed by fclose()).
Return Values
Returns true
on success or false
on failure.
Examples
Example #1 fsync() example
<?php
$file = 'test.txt';
$stream = fopen($file, 'w');
fwrite($stream, 'test data');
fwrite($stream, "\r\n");
fwrite($stream, 'additional data');
fsync($stream);
fclose($stream);
?>
See Also
- fdatasync() - Synchronizes data (but not meta-data) to the file
- fflush() - Flushes the output to a file