PHP Builder: fread

(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

fread -- Binary-safe file read

Description

string fread ( int fp, int length)

fread() reads up to length bytes from the file pointer referenced by fp. Reading stops when length bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first.

// get contents of a file into a string
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
$fd = fopen ($filename, "r");
$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename));
fclose ($fd);

Huomaa: On systems which differentiate between binary and text files (i.e. Windows) the file must be opened with 'b' included in fopen() mode parameter.

$filename = "c:\\files\\somepic.gif";
$fd = fopen ($filename, "rb");
$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename));
fclose ($fd);

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Last updated: Tue, 28 May 2002

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