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posix_pathconf

(PHP 8 >= 8.3.0)

posix_pathconfReturns the value of a configurable limit

Description

posix_pathconf(string $path, int $name): int|false
Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Returns the value of a configurable limit from name for a path

Parameters

path

The name of the file whose limit you want to get.

name

The name of the configurable limit, one of the following. POSIX_PC_LINK_MAX, POSIX_PC_MAX_CANON, POSIX_PC_MAX_INPUT, POSIX_PC_NAME_MAX, POSIX_PC_PATH_MAX, POSIX_PC_PIPE_BUF, POSIX_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED, POSIX_PC_NO_TRUNC, POSIX_PC_ALLOC_SIZE_MIN, POSIX_PC_SYMLINK_MAX.

Return Values

Returns the configurable limit or false.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws a ValueError when path is empty.

Examples

Example #1 posix_pathconf() example

This example will get the max path name's length in bytes for the tmp dir.

<?php
echo posix_pathconf(sys_get_temp_dir(), POSIX_PC_PATH_MAX);
?>

The above example will output:

4096

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