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The stream can be any stream created by <A HREF="function.fopen.html" ><B CLASS="function" >fopen()</B ></A >, <A HREF="function.fsockopen.html" ><B CLASS="function" >fsockopen()</B ></A > and <A HREF="function.pfsockopen.html" ><B CLASS="function" >pfsockopen()</B ></A >. The result array contains the following items: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >timed_out</I ></TT > (bool) - <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >TRUE</B ></TT > if the stream timed out while waiting for data on the last call to <A HREF="function.fread.html" ><B CLASS="function" >fread()</B ></A > or <A HREF="function.fgets.html" ><B CLASS="function" >fgets()</B ></A >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >blocked</I ></TT > (bool) - <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >TRUE</B ></TT > if the stream is in blocking IO mode. See <A HREF="function.socket-set-blocking.html" ><B CLASS="function" >socket_set_blocking()</B ></A >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >eof</I ></TT > (bool) - <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >TRUE</B ></TT > if the stream has reached end-of-file. Note that for socket streams this member can be <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >TRUE</B ></TT > even when <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >unread_bytes</I ></TT > is non-zero. To determine if there is more data to be read, use <A HREF="function.feof.html" ><B CLASS="function" >feof()</B ></A > instead of reading this item. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >unread_bytes</I ></TT > (int) - the number of bytes currently contained in the read buffer. </P ></LI ></UL ><P > The following items were added in PHP 4.3: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >stream_type</I ></TT > (string) - a label describing the underlying implementation of the stream. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >wrapper_type</I ></TT > (string) - a label describing the protocol wrapper implementation layered over the stream. See <A HREF="wrappers.html" >Appendix I</A > for more information about wrappers. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >wrapper_data</I ></TT > (mixed) - wrapper specific data attached to this stream. See <A HREF="wrappers.html" >Appendix I</A > for more information about wrappers and their wrapper data. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >filters</I ></TT > (array) - and array containing the names of any filters that have been stacked onto this stream. Filters are currently undocumented. </P ></LI ></UL ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Note: </B > This function was introduced in PHP 4.3, but prior to this version, <A HREF="function.socket-get-status.html" ><B CLASS="function" >socket_get_status()</B ></A > could be used to retrieve the first four items, for <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >socket based streams only</I ></SPAN >. </P ><P > In PHP 4.3 and later, <A HREF="function.socket-get-status.html" ><B CLASS="function" >socket_get_status()</B ></A > is an alias for this function. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Note: </B >This function does NOT work on sockets created by the <A HREF="ref.sockets.html" >Socket extension</A >. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.stream-get-filters.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.stream-get-wrappers.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >stream_get_filters</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.stream.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >stream_get_wrappers</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >