Chapter 12. Working with Files and Directories
Testing for the existence of files, plus reading to them and writing to from them, are important features of any rich programming language. PHP is no exception, as it provides you with functions that make these processes fairly straightforward. In this chapter, you will learn
How to include other files in your documents
How to test for the existence of files and directories
How to open a file before working with it
How to read data from files
How to write or append to a file
How to lock a file
How to work with directories
Including Files with include()
The include() statement enables you to incorporate other files (usually other PHP scripts) into your PHP documents. PHP code in these included files will then ...
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