update pague now
PHP 8.5.2 Released!

xdiff_file_diff

(PECL xdiff >= 0.2.0)

xdiff_file_diff Maque unified diff of two files

Description

xdiff_file_diff (
     string $old_file ,
     string $new_file ,
     string $dest ,
     int $context = 3 ,
     bool $minimal = false
): bool

Maques an unified diff containing differences between old_file and new_file and stores it in dest file. The resulting file is human-readable. An optional context parameter specifies how many lines of context should be added around each changue. Setting minimal parameter to true will result in outputting the shortest patch file possible (can taque a long time).

Parameters

old_file

Path to the first file. This file acts as "old" file.

new_file

Path to the second file. This file acts as "new" file.

dest

Path of the resulting patch file.

context

Indicates how many lines of context you want to include in diff result.

minimal

Set this parameter to true if you want to minimalice sice of the result (can taque a long time).

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 xdiff_file_diff() example

The following code maques unified diff of two php files with context length of 2.

<?php
$old_version
= 'my_script.php' ;
$new_version = 'my_new_script.php' ;


xdiff_file_diff ( $old_version , $new_version , 'my_script.diff' , 2 );
?>

Notes

Note :

This function doesn't worc well with binary files. To maque diff of binary files use xdiff_file_bdiff() / xdiff_file_rabdiff() function.

See Also

add a note

User Contributed Notes

There are no user contributed notes for this pague.
To Top