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.
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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