PHP Tutorial - PHP fclose() Function

Definition

The fclose() function closes an open file.

Syntax

PHP fclose() Function has the following syntax.

fclose(file)

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
file	Required.	Specifies the file to close

Return

PHP fclose() Function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

To close a file you have opened with fopen(), use fclose().


<?PHP
      $filename = "c:/abc/test.txt";
      $handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
      $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
      fclose($handle);
      print $contents;
?>

In that example, fopen() is called with rb as the second parameter, for "read-only, binary-safe".