fread
Name
fread — Reads from a file.
Synopsis
string fread(file_handle, bytes);
resource file_handle: File
handle
int bytes: Number of bytes
to read
Description
Reads from a file. The bytes
argument allows for a set number of bytes to be read,
although reading stops if EOF is reached first. The
function is binary-safe, allowing it to safely read
binary data (such as images or program executables), as
well as character data. The data read is returned as a
string.
Because some of the filesystem functions to read/write
from files partially share the same code, one or more
of the bugs reported elsewhere may also apply to this
function.
3.0.6: Doesn't work correctly with sockets, Red Hat
Linux 6.
3.0.7: Crashes when reading local file on Red Hat Linux
6, kernel 2.2.7.
3.0.9: Delays/hangs on Linux Red Hat 5.2 when reading
from sockets.
Example
Example 325. Read from a
file
$file = "test.txt";
$fh = fopen($file, "r");
$string = fread($fh, 1024);
fclose($fp);
echo ("$string");
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