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PHP File Handling

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PHP File Handling

PHP File Handling


 PHP File System allows us to -
create file,
file character by character,
Writ file line by line,
read file,
append file,
delete file
close file.
PHP Open File -fopen()
The PHP fopen() function is used to open a file.
Syntax
resource fopen ( string $filename , string $mode [, bool $use_
include_path = false [, resource $context ]] )
Example

<?php
$handle = fopen("c:\\folder\\file.txt", "r");
?>


PHP Close File - fclose()
The PHP fclose() function is used to close an open file
pointer.
Syntax
 fclose ( resource $handle )
Example
<?php
fclose($handle);
?>
PHP Read File - fread()
 The PHP fread() function is used to read the content of the file. It accepts two
arguments: resource and file size.
 Syntax
 string fread ( resource $handle , int $length )
 Example

 <?php
 $filename = "c:\\myfile.txt";
 $handle = fopen($filename, "r");//open file in read mode

 $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));//read file

 echo $contents;//printing data of file
 fclose($handle);//close file
 ?>
 Output
 hello php file
PHP Write File - fwrite()
 The PHP fwrite() function is used to write content of the string into file.
 Syntax
 int fwrite ( resource $handle , string $string [, int $length ] )
 Example
 <?php
 $fp = fopen('data.txt', 'w');//open file in write mode
 fwrite($fp, 'hello ');
 fwrite($fp, 'php file');
 fclose($fp);

 echo "File written successfully";
 ?>
 Output
 File written successfully


PHP Delete File - unlink()
The PHP unlink() function is used to delete file.
Syntax

bool unlink ( string $filename [, resource $context ] )
Example
<?php
unlink('data.txt');

echo "File deleted successfully";
?>

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