fread() function reads up to length bytes from the file, returning the file's contents. : fread « File Directory « PHP






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fread() function reads up to length bytes from the file, returning the file's contents.

 
Its syntax is: string fread (int filepointer, int length)

Reading stops either when length bytes have been read or when the end of the file has been reached. 

<?
    $fh = fopen('data.txt', "r") or die("Can't open file!");
    $file = fread($fh, filesize($fh));
    print $file;
    fclose($fh);
?>








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