PHP | fgets() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP fgets() Function.

The PHP fgets() function returns a line from an open file. This built-in PHP function stop returning on a new line at a specified length or EOF, whichever comes first.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

string fgets ( resource $handle [, int $length ] )

READ: PHP | fgetcsv() Function

This PHP function returns a string of up to length -1 bytes read from the file pointed to by the user.

Return Value

This PHP function returns a string of length -1 bytes from the file pointed to by the user or false on failure.

Example1

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $file = fopen("/PhpProject/sample.txt", "r");
   echo fgets($file);
   fclose($file);
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

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Example2

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $file = fopen("/PhpProject/sample.txt", "r");
 
   while(! feof($file)) {
      echo fgets($file). "\n";
   }
 
   fclose($file);
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

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READ: PHP | feof() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP fgetss() Function.

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