Fb Lazy Lstat

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Gathers the statistics of the file named by filename, like lstat(), except uses cached information from an internal inotify-based mechanism that may not be updated during the duration of a request

function fb_lazy_lstat(
  string $filename,
): mixed;

Parameters

• string $filename - Path to a file or a symbolic link.

Returns

• mixed - - Same format as the normal php lstat() function.