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";
?>
