read file contents php code example

Example 1: php get file contents

<?php
file_get_contents("file.txt");
?>

Example 2: read file using php

/*
In php to read file first you have to use 'fopen' method to open the file after that you perform different operation on it.
Like Reading file, Writing file etc.
  
TO read file data we have to use 'fread' method.
*/

<?php
$myfile = fopen("read_text_file.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
echo fread($myfile,filesize("read_text_file.txt"));
fclose($myfile);
?>
  
/*
I hope it will help you.
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*/

Example 3: turn text file to string php

$fileContent = file_get_contents($url);

Example 4: transfer file using file_get_content

$filename = "/path/to/uploaded/file.zip";
$file_contents = file_get_contents($filename);    

$content =  "--".MULTIPART_BOUNDARY."\r\n".
            "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"".FORM_FIELD."\"; filename=\"".basename($filename)."\"\r\n".
            "Content-Type: application/zip\r\n\r\n".
            $file_contents."\r\n";

// add some POST fields to the request too: $_POST['foo'] = 'bar'
$content .= "--".MULTIPART_BOUNDARY."\r\n".
            "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"foo\"\r\n\r\n".
            "bar\r\n";

// signal end of request (note the trailing "--")
$content .= "--".MULTIPART_BOUNDARY."--\r\n";

Example 5: transfer file using file_get_content

$header = 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary='.MULTIPART_BOUNDARY;