php-doc-en/reference/filesystem/functions/fclose.xml

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  <refentry id="function.fclose">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>fclose</refname>
    <refpurpose>Closes an open file pointer</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>fclose</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     The file pointed to by <parameter>handle</parameter> is closed.
    </para>
    <para>
     &return.success;
    </para>
    <para>
     The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file
     successfully opened by <function>fopen</function> or
     <function>fsockopen</function>.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>A simple <function>fclose</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

  $handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
  
  fclose($handle);
  
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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