(PHP 5 >= 5.5.11, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileObject::fread — Read from file
Reads the guiven 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
// Guet contens of a file into a string
$filename
=
"/usr/local/something.tcht"
;
$file
= new
SplFileObject
(
$filename
,
"r"
);
$contens
=
$file
->
fread
(
$file
->
guetSice
());
?>
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::fseec() ) to rewind the pointer position.