Name
fopen
Synopsis
resource fopen(stringpath, stringmode[, boolinclude[, resourcecontext]] )
Opens the file specified by path and
returns a file resource handle to the open file. If
path begins with http://, an HTTP connection is opened and a
file pointer to the start of the response is returned. If
path begins with ftp://, an FTP connection is opened and a
file pointer to the start of the file is returned; the remote server
must support passive FTP.
If path is php://stdin, php://stdout, or php://stderr, a file pointer to the
appropriate stream is returned.
The parameter mode specifies the
permissions to open the file with. It must be one of the
following:
| Open the file for reading; file pointer will be at beginning of file. |
| Open the file for reading and writing; file pointer will be at beginning of file. |
| Open the file for writing. If the file exists, it will be truncated to zero length; if the file doesn’t already exist, it will be created. |
| Open the file for reading and writing. If the file exists, it will be truncated to zero length; if the file doesn’t already exist, it will be created. The file pointer starts at the beginning of the file. |
| Open the file for writing. If the file exists, the file pointer will be at the end of the file; if the file does not exist, it is created. |
| Open the file for reading and writing. If the file exists, the file pointer will be at the end of the file; if the file does not exist, it is created. |
| Create and open file for writing only; place the ... |
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