(PHP 5 >= 5.5.11, PHP 7)
SplFileObject::fread — Read from file
public SplFileObject::fread ( int $length ) : string|false
Reads the given number of bytes from the file.
length
The number of bytes to read.
Returns the string read from the file or false on failure.
Example #1 SplFileObject::fread() example
<?php // Get contents of a file into a string $filename = "/usr/local/something.txt"; $file = new SplFileObject($filename, "r"); $contents = $file->fread($file->getSize()); ?>
Note:
Note that SplFileObject::fread() reads from the current position of the file pointer. Use SplFileObject::ftell() to find the current position of the pointer and SplFileObject::rewind() (or SplFileObject::fseek()) to rewind the pointer position.
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