PHP » I/O » fread()
- Syntax:
- string fread(int file, int length)
- file
- File handle of the file to read from.
- length
- Number of bytes to read.
Reads from a file.
The fread() function reads a number of bytes from a file and returns them as a string.
Examples
Code:
<?php
$filename = "log.txt";
$logfile = fopen($filename, "r");
$data = fread($logfile, filesize($filename));
print nl2br($data);
?> Output:
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Sample code running Explanation:
The code prints the contents of a log file to the browser. Since the log file contains new line characters that will not show in a web browser, nl2br() is used to convert them to html tags.
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