Description
string
file_get_contents ( string filename [, bool use_include_path [, resource context]])
Identical to file(), except that
file_get_contents() returns the file in a string.
On failure, file_get_contents() will return FALSE.
file_get_contents() is the preferred way to read the
contents of a file into a string. It will use memory mapping techniques if
supported by your OS to enhance performance.
Note: This function is
binary-safe.
Tip: You can use a URL as a
filename with this function if the fopen wrappers have been enabled.
See fopen() for more details on how to specify
the filename and Appendix L for a list of supported
URL protocols.
Note: Context support was added
with PHP 5.0.0.
| Warning |
When using SSL, Microsoft IIS
will violate the protocol by closing the connection without sending a
close_notify indicator. PHP will report this as "SSL: Fatal Protocol Error"
when you reach the end of the data. To workaround this, you should lower your
error_reporting level not to include warnings.
PHP 4.3.7 and higher can detect buggy IIS server software when you open
the stream using the https:// wrapper and will suppress the warning for you.
If you are using fsockopen() to create an ssl:// socket,
you are responsible for detecting and suppressing the warning yourself.
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See also fgets(), file(),
fread(), include(),
and readfile().
