(PHP 8 >= 8.3.0)
posix_pathconf — Returns the value of a configurable limit
posix_pathconf(string $path, int $name): int|false
This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.
Returns the value of a configurable limit from name for a path
pathThe 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.
Returns the configurable limit or false.
Throws a ValueError when path is empty.
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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