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    PHP Manipulating Files PHP Readfile Function: Example

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    This document discusses several PHP functions for manipulating files: - readfile() reads a file and outputs its contents. An example reads a text file containing dictionary terms. - fopen() opens a file and returns a file pointer. It has more options than readfile(), including specifying the open mode (read, write, append). - fread() reads from an open file, taking the file pointer and number of bytes to read as parameters. An example reads the dictionary file to the end.

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    This document discusses several PHP functions for manipulating files: - readfile() reads a file and outputs its contents. An example reads a text file containing dictionary terms. - fopen() opens a file and returns a file pointer. It has more options than readfile(), including specifying the open mode (read, write, append). - fread() reads from an open file, taking the file pointer and number of bytes to read as parameters. An example reads the dictionary file to the end.

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    This document discusses several PHP functions for manipulating files: - readfile() reads a file and outputs its contents. An example reads a text file containing dictionary terms. - fopen() opens a file and returns a file pointer. It has more options than readfile(), including specifying the open mode (read, write, append). - fread() reads from an open file, taking the file pointer and number of bytes to read as parameters. An example reads the dictionary file to the end.

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    PHP Manipulating Files

    PHP has several functions for creating, reading, uploading, and editing files.

    PHP readfile() Function


    The readfile() function reads a file and writes it to the output buffer.

    Assume we have a text file called "webdictionary.txt", stored on the server, that
    looks like this:

    AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript and XML


    CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
    HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
    PHP = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
    SQL = Structured Query Language
    SVG = Scalable Vector Graphics
    XML = EXtensible Markup Language

    The PHP code to read the file and write it to the output buffer is as follows (the
    readfile() function returns the number of bytes read on success):

    Example
    <?php
    echo readfile("webdictionary.txt");
    ?>

    The readfile() function is useful if all you want to do is open up a file and read
    its contents.

    PHP Open File - fopen()


    A better method to open files is with the fopen() function. This function gives
    you more options than the readfile() function.

    We will use the text file, "webdictionary.txt", during the lessons:

    AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript and XML


    CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
    HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
    PHP = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
    SQL = Structured Query Language
    SVG = Scalable Vector Graphics
    XML = EXtensible Markup Language

    1
    The first parameter of fopen() contains the name of the file to be opened and
    the second parameter specifies in which mode the file should be opened. The
    following example also generates a message if the fopen() function is unable to
    open the specified file:

    Example
    <?php
    $myfile = fopen("webdictionary.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
    echo fread($myfile,filesize("webdictionary.txt"));
    fclose($myfile);
    ?>

    Tip: The fread() and the fclose() functions will be explained below.

    The file may be opened in one of the following modes:

    Modes Description

    r Open a file for read only. File pointer starts at the beginning of
    the file

    w Open a file for write only. Erases the contents of the file or
    creates a new file if it doesn't exist. File pointer starts at the
    beginning of the file

    a Open a file for write only. The existing data in file is preserved.
    File pointer starts at the end of the file. Creates a new file if the file
    doesn't exist

    x Creates a new file for write only. Returns FALSE and an error if
    file already exists

    PHP Read File - fread()


    The fread() function reads from an open file.

    The first parameter of fread() contains the name of the file to read from and the
    second parameter specifies the maximum number of bytes to read.

    The following PHP code reads the "webdictionary.txt" file to the end:

    fread($myfile,filesize("webdictionary.txt"));

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