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fam_monitor_file()

fam_monitor_file - Monitor a regular file for changes

Syntax

resource fam_monitor_file (resource $fam, string $filename)

Arguments

  • fam - A resource representing a connection to the FAM service returned by fam_open()
  • filename - Path to the monitored file

Description

Requests monitoring for a single file. A FAM event will be generated whenever the file status changes (i.e. the result of function stat() on that file).

Version

PHP 5 <= 5.0.5

Return value

Returns a monitoring resource or FALSE on errors.