php file operation explained code example
Example 1: php file operation explained
<html>
<head>
<title>Reading a file using PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$filename = "tmp.txt";
$file = fopen( $filename, "r" );
if( $file == false ) {
echo ( "Error in opening file" );
exit();
}
$filesize = filesize( $filename );
$filetext = fread( $file, $filesize );
fclose( $file );
echo ( "File size : $filesize bytes" );
echo ( "<pre>$filetext</pre>" );
?>
</body>
</html>
Example 2: php file operation explained
<?php
$filename = "/home/user/guest/newfile.txt";
$file = fopen( $filename, "w" );
if( $file == false ) {
echo ( "Error in opening new file" );
exit();
}
fwrite( $file, "This is a simple test\n" );
fclose( $file );
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Writing a file using PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$filename = "newfile.txt";
$file = fopen( $filename, "r" );
if( $file == false ) {
echo ( "Error in opening file" );
exit();
}
$filesize = filesize( $filename );
$filetext = fread( $file, $filesize );
fclose( $file );
echo ( "File size : $filesize bytes" );
echo ( "$filetext" );
echo("file name: $filename");
?>
</body>
</html>